1089 Trick Worksheet
The trick (Reverse and subtract): Reverse the number and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. The answer is always one of 198, 297, 396, 495, 594, 693, 792, 891: middle digit 9, first and last digits adding to 9. Reverse that answer and add: you always get 1089.
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- 1.594 + 495 =
- 2.Take 520. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Take 590. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.495 + 594 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 6.792 + 297 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 350: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.693 + 396 =
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.297 + 792 =
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 12.Take 330. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 275. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 390: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 864: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 994. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 531. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 390. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 480. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.891 + 198 =
- 22.Take 753. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.396 + 693 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 873: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 168: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 781. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 301: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 573: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 650: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 34.198 + 891 =
- 35.Take 340. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 614. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 592: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 701. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 824. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 495
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 495
- 396
- 297
- 396
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 594
- 396
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