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1089 Trick Worksheet

Maths tricks trick 7: The 1089 magic trick · Set 963 · 40 questions
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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. 1.Do the 1089 trick with 295: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  2. 2.Do the 1089 trick with 390: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  3. 3.Do the 1089 trick with 582: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  4. 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
  5. 5.396 + 693 =
  6. 6.198 + 891 =
  7. 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
  8. 8.297 + 792 =
  9. 9.Take 510. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  10. 10.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
  11. 11.495 + 594 =
  12. 12.Take 963. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  13. 13.Take 440. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  14. 14.594 + 495 =
  15. 15.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
  16. 16.Take 359. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  17. 17.Take 811. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  18. 18.Take 220. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  19. 19.Do the 1089 trick with 701: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  20. 20.Take 821. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  21. 21.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  22. 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
  23. 23.Take 700. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  24. 24.Do the 1089 trick with 508: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  25. 25.Do the 1089 trick with 307: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  26. 26.Do the 1089 trick with 715: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  27. 27.Do the 1089 trick with 997: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  28. 28.Take 115. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  29. 29.Take 917. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  30. 30.Do the 1089 trick with 763: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  31. 31.792 + 297 =
  32. 32.Do the 1089 trick with 550: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  33. 33.Take 670. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  34. 34.Do the 1089 trick with 990: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  35. 35.891 + 198 =
  36. 36.Take 375. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  37. 37.Take 250. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
  38. 38.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  39. 39.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
  40. 40.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?

Answer key

  1. 1089
  2. 1089
  3. 1089
  4. 297
  5. 1089
  6. 1089
  7. 693
  8. 1089
  9. 495
  10. 594
  11. 1089
  12. 594
  13. 396
  14. 1089
  15. 396
  16. 594
  17. 693
  18. 198
  19. 1089
  20. 693
  21. 1089
  22. 198
  23. 693
  24. 1089
  25. 1089
  26. 1089
  27. 1089
  28. 396
  29. 198
  30. 1089
  31. 1089
  32. 1089
  33. 594
  34. 1089
  35. 1089
  36. 198
  37. 198
  38. 1089
  39. 1089
  40. 495

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