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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 923 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  2. 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  3. 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  4. 4.Take 754. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  5. 5.693 + 396 =
  6. 6.891 + 198 =
  7. 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
  8. 8.Do the 1089 trick with 621: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  9. 9.Take 811. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  10. 10.Take 390. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  11. 11.Take 876. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  12. 12.594 + 495 =
  13. 13.Take 880. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  14. 14.Take 821. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  15. 15.297 + 792 =
  16. 16.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  17. 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  18. 18.Take 279. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.Do the 1089 trick with 267: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  21. 21.Do the 1089 trick with 501: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  22. 22.Take 926. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  23. 23.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  24. 24.Take 981. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  25. 25.495 + 594 =
  26. 26.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  27. 27.Take 365. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  28. 28.Take 187. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  29. 29.Do the 1089 trick with 431: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  30. 30.Take 105. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  31. 31.Do the 1089 trick with 582: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  32. 32.Do the 1089 trick with 659: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  33. 33.Do the 1089 trick with 722: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  34. 34.Do the 1089 trick with 129: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  35. 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
  36. 36.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  37. 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  38. 38.Take 340. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  39. 39.Take 965. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  40. 40.Take 841. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?

Answer key

  1. 1089
  2. 198
  3. 297
  4. 297
  5. 1089
  6. 1089
  7. 891
  8. 1089
  9. 693
  10. 297
  11. 198
  12. 1089
  13. 792
  14. 693
  15. 1089
  16. 792
  17. 396
  18. 693
  19. 1089
  20. 1089
  21. 1089
  22. 297
  23. 792
  24. 792
  25. 1089
  26. 1089
  27. 198
  28. 594
  29. 1089
  30. 396
  31. 1089
  32. 1089
  33. 1089
  34. 1089
  35. 495
  36. 792
  37. 693
  38. 297
  39. 396
  40. 693

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