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 962: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 2.Do the 1089 trick with 803: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 3.Do the 1089 trick with 820: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 4.594 + 495 =
- 5.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 1. What is that number?
- 6.396 + 693 =
- 7.Take 941. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 8.Take 300. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 9.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 6. What is that number?
- 10.Take 810. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 11.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 2. What is that number?
- 12.792 + 297 =
- 13.Take 980. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 14.Take 103. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 15.Do the 1089 trick with 920: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 16.Take 277. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 17.Take 284. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 18.Do the 1089 trick with 368: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 19.Take 780. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 20.Do the 1089 trick with 905: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 21.Do the 1089 trick with 359: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 22.Do the 1089 trick with 703: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 23.Take 270. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 24.198 + 891 =
- 25.Do the 1089 trick with 874: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 26.297 + 792 =
- 27.Take 910. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 28.495 + 594 =
- 29.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 8. What is that number?
- 30.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 4. What is that number?
- 31.Do the 1089 trick with 916: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 32.693 + 396 =
- 33.Take 559. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 34.In the 1089 trick, the subtraction gave a 3-digit number that starts with 7. What is that number?
- 35.Take 927. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 36.Do the 1089 trick with 800: reverse and subtract, then reverse that answer and add. What do you get?
- 37.Take 513. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 38.Take 580. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 39.Take 267. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
- 40.Take 914. Reverse its digits and take the smaller number away from the bigger one. What do you get?
Answer key
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 792
- 297
- 693
- 792
- 297
- 1089
- 891
- 198
- 1089
- 495
- 198
- 1089
- 693
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 198
- 1089
- 1089
- 1089
- 891
- 1089
- 891
- 495
- 1089
- 1089
- 396
- 792
- 198
- 1089
- 198
- 495
- 495
- 495
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