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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- 1.495 + 594 =
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 361: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.297 + 792 =
- 4.Take 841. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.594 + 495 =
- 6.198 + 891 =
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 8.Take 954. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 723: 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 6. What is that number?
- 12.Do the 1089 trick with 452: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 13.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 351: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Take 612. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 16.792 + 297 =
- 17.Take 306. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Take 820. 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.Take 749. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 265: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.396 + 693 =
- 23.Do the 1089 trick with 602: 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 7. What is that number?
- 25.Take 407. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 570. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Take 976. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 179: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 220. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 950: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 922: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.Take 208. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 459. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 692: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Take 912. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Take 239. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Take 400. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 600. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 580: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 613: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 891
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 297
- 792
- 396
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 495
- 297
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 594
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 693
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
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