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.Do the 1089 trick with 629: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Take 149. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 698: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.Take 950. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 5.297 + 792 =
- 6.495 + 594 =
- 7.Do the 1089 trick with 770: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 8.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 10.Do the 1089 trick with 651: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 11.Take 884. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 12.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 13.Take 924. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Do the 1089 trick with 599: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 825: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 580. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 18.Take 961. 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 7. What is that number?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 910: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 947: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 3. What is that number?
- 23.Take 970. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.Do the 1089 trick with 108: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 25.Take 189. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 26.396 + 693 =
- 27.Do the 1089 trick with 960: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 28.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 29.Take 560. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 30.Do the 1089 trick with 741: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 31.891 + 198 =
- 32.Take 347. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 33.Take 523. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.Take 264. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 35.Do the 1089 trick with 156: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 328: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 850. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 725. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 552. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 993. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 396
- 297
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 792
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 891
- 1089
- 792
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 198
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 792
- 198
- 297
- 594
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