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Free Grade 3 flashcards 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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Estimated time

20 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 − 4 = ?[1]
  2. 2.-5 + (-10) = ?[1]
  3. 3.-9 + 5 = ?[1]
  4. 4.-3 − 4 = ?[1]
  5. 5.-7 × 13 = ?[2]
  6. 6.-11 + 17 = ?[2]
  7. 7.8 − 8 = ?[2]
  8. 8.9 + (-3) = ?[2]
  9. 9.29 × (-27) = ?[3]
  10. 10.8 × 13 = ?[3]
  11. 11.24 × 16 = ?[3]
  12. 12.6 + 28 = ?[3]
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  1. 1. 0

    Subtracting 4 is the same as adding -4. 4 + (-4) = 0

  2. 2. -15

    Start at -5 on a number line. Move 10 left. You land on -15.

  3. 3. -4

    Start at -9 on a number line. Move 5 right. You land on -4.

  4. 4. -7

    Subtracting 4 is the same as adding -4. -3 + (-4) = -7

  5. 5. -91

    Multiply the sizes: 7 × 13 = 91. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -91

  6. 6. 6

    Start at -11 on a number line. Move 17 right. You land on 6.

  7. 7. 0

    Subtracting 8 is the same as adding -8. 8 + (-8) = 0

  8. 8. 6

    Start at 9 on a number line. Move 3 left. You land on 6.

  9. 9. -783

    Multiply the sizes: 29 × 27 = 783. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -783

  10. 10. 104

    Multiply the sizes: 8 × 13 = 104. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 104

  11. 11. 384

    Multiply the sizes: 24 × 16 = 384. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 384

  12. 12. 34

    Start at 6 on a number line. Move 28 right. You land on 34.

Worked examples

Easy example

-7 + (-1) = ?

  1. Start at -7 on a number line.
  2. Move 1 left.
  3. You land on -8.
  4. Answer: -8
Medium example

6 − (-7) = ?

  1. Subtracting (-7) is the same as adding 7.
  2. 6 + 7 = 13
  3. Answer: 13
Hard example

-3 × 5 = ?

  1. Multiply the sizes: 3 × 5 = 15.
  2. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative.
  3. Answer: -15
  4. Answer: -15

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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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