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Free Grade 3 worksheets for Working with Adding Integers 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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Difficulty

Foundation

Estimated time

35 min

Total marks

24

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How Working with Adding Integers 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.

Key wordsintegernegativepositivenumber line

12 practice questions

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

  1. 1.4 − (-7) = ?[1]
  2. 2.-2 + 0 = ?[1]
  3. 3.2 − 5 = ?[1]
  4. 4.6 − 5 = ?[1]
  5. 5.0 − 9 = ?[2]
  6. 6.-12 × (-7) = ?[2]
  7. 7.11 + (-15) = ?[2]
  8. 8.0 × (-6) = ?[2]
  9. 9.30 × 9 = ?[3]
  10. 10.-7 + (-15) = ?[3]
  11. 11.22 − (-15) = ?[3]
  12. 12.30 − 15 = ?[3]
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  1. 1. 11

    Subtracting (-7) is the same as adding 7. 4 + 7 = 11

  2. 2. -2

    Start at -2 on a number line. Move 0 right. You land on -2.

  3. 3. -3

    Subtracting 5 is the same as adding -5. 2 + (-5) = -3

  4. 4. 1

    Subtracting 5 is the same as adding -5. 6 + (-5) = 1

  5. 5. -9

    Subtracting 9 is the same as adding -9. 0 + (-9) = -9

  6. 6. 84

    Multiply the sizes: 12 × 7 = 84. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 84

  7. 7. -4

    Start at 11 on a number line. Move 15 left. You land on -4.

  8. 8. 0

    Multiply the sizes: 0 × 6 = 0. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 0

  9. 9. 270

    Multiply the sizes: 30 × 9 = 270. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 270

  10. 10. -22

    Start at -7 on a number line. Move 15 left. You land on -22.

  11. 11. 37

    Subtracting (-15) is the same as adding 15. 22 + 15 = 37

  12. 12. 15

    Subtracting 15 is the same as adding -15. 30 + (-15) = 15

Worked examples

Easy example

-3 + (-8) = ?

  1. Start at -3 on a number line.
  2. Move 8 left.
  3. You land on -11.
  4. Answer: -11
Medium example

14 + (-16) = ?

  1. Start at 14 on a number line.
  2. Move 16 left.
  3. You land on -2.
  4. Answer: -2
Hard example

-1 + (-1) = ?

  1. Start at -1 on a number line.
  2. Move 1 left.
  3. You land on -2.
  4. Answer: -2

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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

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CAMBRIDGE CAM-650.1 — Mapped statement covering Working with Adding Integers Essentials.NATIONAL-CURRICULUM NAT-274.2 — Mapped statement covering Working with Adding Integers Essentials.

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