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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 378: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 4.Do the 1089 trick with 219: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 5.Take 992. 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 8. What is that number?
- 7.Take 720. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 953. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Take 277. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 631: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.891 + 198 =
- 14.Take 359. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Take 983. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.198 + 891 =
- 17.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 882. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 406. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 21.Take 895. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.396 + 693 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 127: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 250. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Take 841. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 109: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 628: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 996. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.495 + 594 =
- 30.Take 931. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 559: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.792 + 297 =
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 970: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 136. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 812. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 681. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 178. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 137: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 693
- 891
- 693
- 594
- 594
- 495
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 594
- 1089
- 891
- 594
- 198
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 693
- 1089
Free maths tricks lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/maths-tricks