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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 316: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 845: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 765. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.Do the 1089 trick with 570: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 6.Take 569. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 7.Take 960. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Do the 1089 trick with 761: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 9.792 + 297 =
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 791: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.198 + 891 =
- 12.297 + 792 =
- 13.396 + 693 =
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 381: 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 3. What is that number?
- 16.Do the 1089 trick with 902: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 17.Take 870. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. 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.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 20.Take 630. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Take 885. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 22.Take 740. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 957: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 240. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.Take 921. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 922: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 592. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 30.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 31.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 32.Take 270. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Do the 1089 trick with 744: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 34.Do the 1089 trick with 300: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 740: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 254. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 134: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 600: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Do the 1089 trick with 410: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 532: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 792
- 792
- 495
- 594
- 297
- 693
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 792
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 792
- 297
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
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