Free Grade 3 Working with Introducing Absolute Value Common Errors Flashcards
Free Grade 3 flashcards for Working with Introducing Absolute Value Common Errors: 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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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.-3 + 3 = ?[1]
- 2.-9 + 1 = ?[1]
- 3.0 − 2 = ?[1]
- 4.-10 + (-7) = ?[1]
- 5.7 − (-17) = ?[2]
- 6.-8 × (-12) = ?[2]
- 7.10 + (-4) = ?[2]
- 8.-15 + 9 = ?[2]
- 9.3 × (-14) = ?[3]
- 10.25 + 22 = ?[3]
- 11.4 + (-6) = ?[3]
- 12.5 × 7 = ?[3]
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1. 0
Start at -3 on a number line. Move 3 right. You land on 0.
2. -8
Start at -9 on a number line. Move 1 right. You land on -8.
3. -2
Subtracting 2 is the same as adding -2. 0 + (-2) = -2
4. -17
Start at -10 on a number line. Move 7 left. You land on -17.
5. 24
Subtracting (-17) is the same as adding 17. 7 + 17 = 24
6. 96
Multiply the sizes: 8 × 12 = 96. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 96
7. 6
Start at 10 on a number line. Move 4 left. You land on 6.
8. -6
Start at -15 on a number line. Move 9 right. You land on -6.
9. -42
Multiply the sizes: 3 × 14 = 42. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -42
10. 47
Start at 25 on a number line. Move 22 right. You land on 47.
11. -2
Start at 4 on a number line. Move 6 left. You land on -2.
12. 35
Multiply the sizes: 5 × 7 = 35. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 35
Worked examples
7 − (-5) = ?
- Subtracting (-5) is the same as adding 5.
- 7 + 5 = 12
- Answer: 12
20 + (-10) = ?
- Start at 20 on a number line.
- Move 10 left.
- You land on 10.
- Answer: 10
4 + (-10) = ?
- Start at 4 on a number line.
- Move 10 left.
- You land on -6.
- Answer: -6
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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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