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 146. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 2.Take 129. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.198 + 891 =
- 4.396 + 693 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 6.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 734: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.Take 438. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.297 + 792 =
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 906: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 912: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.792 + 297 =
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 802: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 752. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.891 + 198 =
- 18.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 19.495 + 594 =
- 20.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 350: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 760. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 610: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 24.Take 447. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 965: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 814. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 410: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 845. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Take 833. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 317: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Take 840. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 512: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 900: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 985: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 466. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 642: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 495
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
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