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 431. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 813: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 5.Take 379. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 449: 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 1. What is that number?
- 9.Do the 1089 trick with 844: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 10.495 + 594 =
- 11.594 + 495 =
- 12.Take 831. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 13.Take 851. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 830: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 472. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 753: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 920. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 925. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 20.297 + 792 =
- 21.693 + 396 =
- 22.198 + 891 =
- 23.Take 460. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Take 860. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 179: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Take 260. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 154: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.792 + 297 =
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 428: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 572: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 34.Take 894. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 249: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 357: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Take 940. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 810: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Take 235. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 594
- 693
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 891
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 297
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