Free Grade 3 Working with Adding Integers Word Problems Lessons
Free Grade 3 lessons for Working with Adding Integers 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 Working with Adding Integers 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.
- 1.0 + 0 = ?[1]
- 2.-8 + 7 = ?[1]
- 3.4 − 7 = ?[1]
- 4.-3 − 6 = ?[1]
- 5.-1 + (-9) = ?[2]
- 6.-16 + (-10) = ?[2]
- 7.-12 × 5 = ?[2]
- 8.-8 − (-15) = ?[2]
- 9.2 − (-6) = ?[3]
- 10.16 − 9 = ?[3]
- 11.-23 + (-7) = ?[3]
- 12.9 × 21 = ?[3]
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1. 0
Start at 0 on a number line. Move 0 right. You land on 0.
2. -1
Start at -8 on a number line. Move 7 right. You land on -1.
3. -3
Subtracting 7 is the same as adding -7. 4 + (-7) = -3
4. -9
Subtracting 6 is the same as adding -6. -3 + (-6) = -9
5. -10
Start at -1 on a number line. Move 9 left. You land on -10.
6. -26
Start at -16 on a number line. Move 10 left. You land on -26.
7. -60
Multiply the sizes: 12 × 5 = 60. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -60
8. 7
Subtracting (-15) is the same as adding 15. -8 + 15 = 7
9. 8
Subtracting (-6) is the same as adding 6. 2 + 6 = 8
10. 7
Subtracting 9 is the same as adding -9. 16 + (-9) = 7
11. -30
Start at -23 on a number line. Move 7 left. You land on -30.
12. 189
Multiply the sizes: 9 × 21 = 189. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 189
Worked examples
8 + 4 = ?
- Start at 8 on a number line.
- Move 4 right.
- You land on 12.
- Answer: 12
9 × (-20) = ?
- Multiply the sizes: 9 × 20 = 180.
- Same signs give positive, different signs give negative.
- Answer: -180
- Answer: -180
27 + (-5) = ?
- Start at 27 on a number line.
- Move 5 left.
- You land on 22.
- Answer: 22
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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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