Free Grade 3 Introducing Negative Numbers Word Problems Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets for Introducing Negative Numbers Word Problems: 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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How Introducing Negative Numbers Word Problems 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.
- 1.6 − (-4) = ?[1]
- 2.-1 − 1 = ?[1]
- 3.4 − (-8) = ?[1]
- 4.-8 + 9 = ?[1]
- 5.16 × 15 = ?[2]
- 6.20 × (-8) = ?[2]
- 7.20 + (-18) = ?[2]
- 8.-15 × (-20) = ?[2]
- 9.16 + 7 = ?[3]
- 10.0 − 24 = ?[3]
- 11.-28 × 1 = ?[3]
- 12.-1 − (-12) = ?[3]
Show answers and working
1. 10
Subtracting (-4) is the same as adding 4. 6 + 4 = 10
2. -2
Subtracting 1 is the same as adding -1. -1 + (-1) = -2
3. 12
Subtracting (-8) is the same as adding 8. 4 + 8 = 12
4. 1
Start at -8 on a number line. Move 9 right. You land on 1.
5. 240
Multiply the sizes: 16 × 15 = 240. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 240
6. -160
Multiply the sizes: 20 × 8 = 160. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -160
7. 2
Start at 20 on a number line. Move 18 left. You land on 2.
8. 300
Multiply the sizes: 15 × 20 = 300. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 300
9. 23
Start at 16 on a number line. Move 7 right. You land on 23.
10. -24
Subtracting 24 is the same as adding -24. 0 + (-24) = -24
11. -28
Multiply the sizes: 28 × 1 = 28. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -28
12. 11
Subtracting (-12) is the same as adding 12. -1 + 12 = 11
Worked examples
-7 − (-8) = ?
- Subtracting (-8) is the same as adding 8.
- -7 + 8 = 1
- Answer: 1
-20 + 8 = ?
- Start at -20 on a number line.
- Move 8 right.
- You land on -12.
- Answer: -12
4 + (-9) = ?
- Start at 4 on a number line.
- Move 9 left.
- You land on -5.
- Answer: -5
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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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