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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- 1.693 + 396 =
- 2.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 124: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.198 + 891 =
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 997: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 149: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 761: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 11.396 + 693 =
- 12.Take 153. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 663: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Take 582. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 911: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 820. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 158. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 19.297 + 792 =
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 640: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.891 + 198 =
- 22.Take 803. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.495 + 594 =
- 24.Take 660. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 882: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 28.Take 789. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 408. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 361: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 709: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 688: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 990. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 355. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Take 821. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 591. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 118: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 790. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 613: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 146: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 792
- 198
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 693
- 396
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
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