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 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 310. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 4.Take 237. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 164. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.495 + 594 =
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 965: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Do the 1089 trick with 779: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 12.Take 962. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 981: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 890: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 19.Take 632. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Take 984. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.297 + 792 =
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 346: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 396: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.693 + 396 =
- 25.Take 530. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 806. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 410: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.594 + 495 =
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 639: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.198 + 891 =
- 32.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 33.Take 519. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 461: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 124: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 971. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 265. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 573: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 297
- 594
- 495
- 891
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 396
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
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