Free Grade 3 Introducing Absolute Value Essentials Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets for Introducing Absolute Value Essentials: 12 real questions with a full answer key and worked solutions. Integers include negative numbers. On a number line, adding moves right and subtracting moves left. Subtracting a negative is the same as adding.
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- RememberIdentify introducing absolute value essentials
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- UnderstandExplain introducing absolute value essentials
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- ApplyCalculate introducing absolute value essentials
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How Introducing Absolute Value Essentials works
Integers include negative numbers. On a number line, adding moves right and subtracting moves left. Subtracting a negative is the same as adding.
12 practice questions
Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.
- 1.4 − (-6) = ?[1]
- 2.-7 + 2 = ?[1]
- 3.-7 + 10 = ?[1]
- 4.8 + 2 = ?[1]
- 5.-2 − 13 = ?[2]
- 6.-11 + (-19) = ?[2]
- 7.3 × (-3) = ?[2]
- 8.-3 + (-18) = ?[2]
- 9.3 − 9 = ?[3]
- 10.17 + 0 = ?[3]
- 11.-28 × (-5) = ?[3]
- 12.-15 + (-7) = ?[3]
Show answers and working
1. 10
Subtracting (-6) is the same as adding 6. 4 + 6 = 10
2. -5
Start at -7 on a number line. Move 2 right. You land on -5.
3. 3
Start at -7 on a number line. Move 10 right. You land on 3.
4. 10
Start at 8 on a number line. Move 2 right. You land on 10.
5. -15
Subtracting 13 is the same as adding -13. -2 + (-13) = -15
6. -30
Start at -11 on a number line. Move 19 left. You land on -30.
7. -9
Multiply the sizes: 3 × 3 = 9. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -9
8. -21
Start at -3 on a number line. Move 18 left. You land on -21.
9. -6
Subtracting 9 is the same as adding -9. 3 + (-9) = -6
10. 17
Start at 17 on a number line. Move 0 right. You land on 17.
11. 140
Multiply the sizes: 28 × 5 = 140. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 140
12. -22
Start at -15 on a number line. Move 7 left. You land on -22.
Worked examples
8 − 8 = ?
- Subtracting 8 is the same as adding -8.
- 8 + (-8) = 0
- Answer: 0
18 + 14 = ?
- Start at 18 on a number line.
- Move 14 right.
- You land on 32.
- Answer: 32
-2 × 19 = ?
- Multiply the sizes: 2 × 19 = 38.
- Same signs give positive, different signs give negative.
- Answer: -38
- Answer: -38
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Common mistakes
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Thinks −8 is bigger than −3.
Correction: Further left on the number line means smaller.
Treats − (−4) as −4.
Correction: Two minus signs together become a plus.
Teacher tips
- · Use a vertical number line like a thermometer.
Parent tips
- · Compare winter temperatures from the weather forecast.
Real-life applications
- · Temperatures below zero, bank balances, floors below ground.
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- Start with Multiplying Integers. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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