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 4. What is that number?
- 2.495 + 594 =
- 3.693 + 396 =
- 4.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 5.Take 983. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 6.Do the 1089 trick with 107: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 7.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 8.396 + 693 =
- 9.Take 781. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 709: 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 1. What is that number?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 5. What is that number?
- 13.Do the 1089 trick with 339: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 490: 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 2. What is that number?
- 16.Take 187. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Do the 1089 trick with 478: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 813: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.198 + 891 =
- 20.Take 542. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 880: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Take 198. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 23.297 + 792 =
- 24.Take 588. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 113: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.Do the 1089 trick with 327: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 27.Take 861. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.Do the 1089 trick with 982: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 29.Take 388. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 930: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.Take 570. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 32.Do the 1089 trick with 136: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 33.Take 710. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 623. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 700: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Take 763. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 37.Do the 1089 trick with 861: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 38.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 39.Take 991. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Do the 1089 trick with 500: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
Answer key
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 594
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 594
- 1089
- 198
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 594
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 297
- 1089
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 495
- 1089
- 693
- 297
- 1089
- 396
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
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