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.Take 703. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.594 + 495 =
- 3.297 + 792 =
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.198 + 891 =
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 430: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 821: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 126: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.396 + 693 =
- 12.495 + 594 =
- 13.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 527: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 541: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 18.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 20.Take 320. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 721. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 734: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 27.Take 831. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Take 519. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Take 385. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.Take 580. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 175. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 426: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 36.Take 173. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 257: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 230. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 249. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 891
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 495
- 297
- 693
- 396
- 891
- 198
- 495
- 396
- 1089
- 792
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 693
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