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 106. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 430: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Take 335. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 4.Take 360. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 6.Take 418. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 9.693 + 396 =
- 10.Take 259. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.495 + 594 =
- 12.Take 578. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.792 + 297 =
- 14.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 15.Take 800. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 419: 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 3. What is that number?
- 18.Take 479. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.Take 590. 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 5. What is that number?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 901: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 277: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 811: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 991: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 993. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. 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 285. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.891 + 198 =
- 31.198 + 891 =
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 866: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 588: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 295. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.396 + 693 =
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 669: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 883. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 297: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 670: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 495
- 1089
- 198
- 297
- 891
- 396
- 792
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 495
- 495
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 297
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
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