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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- 1.396 + 693 =
- 2.198 + 891 =
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 133: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 7.Take 568. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 780: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 661. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 104: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 704: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 834. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 840: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 17.Take 460. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 773. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 986. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.693 + 396 =
- 21.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 369: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.594 + 495 =
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 218: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 640. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 567: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 567. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 578: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Take 377. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 297. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 33.Take 901. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 395: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 480. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 220: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 844: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 169. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 996: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 461. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 594
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 198
- 396
- 396
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 891
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 297
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