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Free Grade 3 quizzes for Introducing Negative Numbers Techniques: 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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Free

Difficulty

Foundation

Estimated time

30 min

Total marks

24

Learning objectives

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  • UnderstandExplain introducing negative numbers techniques

    Explain introducing negative numbers techniques accurately in a familiar context.

    Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items

  • ApplyCalculate introducing negative numbers techniques

    Calculate introducing negative numbers techniques accurately in a familiar context.

    Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items

  • AnalyseCompare introducing negative numbers techniques

    Compare introducing negative numbers techniques accurately in a familiar context.

    Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items

  • EvaluateJustify introducing negative numbers techniques

    Justify introducing negative numbers techniques accurately in a familiar context.

    Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items

Prerequisites

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How Introducing Negative Numbers Techniques works

Integers include negative numbers. On a number line, adding moves right and subtracting moves left. Subtracting a negative is the same as adding.

Key wordsintegernegativepositivenumber line

12 practice questions

Easy to hard, 24 marks in total. Try them first, then open the answers.

  1. 1.-7 − (-1) = ?[1]
  2. 2.7 − 6 = ?[1]
  3. 3.-10 − (-6) = ?[1]
  4. 4.-8 + 2 = ?[1]
  5. 5.-8 + (-2) = ?[2]
  6. 6.-14 + 1 = ?[2]
  7. 7.2 − (-13) = ?[2]
  8. 8.19 − (-10) = ?[2]
  9. 9.-25 + (-4) = ?[3]
  10. 10.12 + 10 = ?[3]
  11. 11.-30 − 28 = ?[3]
  12. 12.17 − (-2) = ?[3]
Show answers and working
  1. 1. -6

    Subtracting (-1) is the same as adding 1. -7 + 1 = -6

  2. 2. 1

    Subtracting 6 is the same as adding -6. 7 + (-6) = 1

  3. 3. -4

    Subtracting (-6) is the same as adding 6. -10 + 6 = -4

  4. 4. -6

    Start at -8 on a number line. Move 2 right. You land on -6.

  5. 5. -10

    Start at -8 on a number line. Move 2 left. You land on -10.

  6. 6. -13

    Start at -14 on a number line. Move 1 right. You land on -13.

  7. 7. 15

    Subtracting (-13) is the same as adding 13. 2 + 13 = 15

  8. 8. 29

    Subtracting (-10) is the same as adding 10. 19 + 10 = 29

  9. 9. -29

    Start at -25 on a number line. Move 4 left. You land on -29.

  10. 10. 22

    Start at 12 on a number line. Move 10 right. You land on 22.

  11. 11. -58

    Subtracting 28 is the same as adding -28. -30 + (-28) = -58

  12. 12. 19

    Subtracting (-2) is the same as adding 2. 17 + 2 = 19

Worked examples

Easy example

-5 + (-6) = ?

  1. Start at -5 on a number line.
  2. Move 6 left.
  3. You land on -11.
  4. Answer: -11
Medium example

12 + 13 = ?

  1. Start at 12 on a number line.
  2. Move 13 right.
  3. You land on 25.
  4. Answer: 25
Hard example

-26 − 6 = ?

  1. Subtracting 6 is the same as adding -6.
  2. -26 + (-6) = -32
  3. Answer: -32

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Common mistakes

What learners typically get wrong, and how to fix it.

  • 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.

Assessment objectives

How mastery is evidenced, and which standards it maps to.

COLLEGE-BOARD COL-969.1 — Mapped statement covering Introducing Negative Numbers Techniques.AQA AQA-596.2 — Mapped statement covering Introducing Negative Numbers Techniques.

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