Free Grade 3 Working with Subtracting Integers Worksheets
Free Grade 3 worksheets for Working with Subtracting Integers: 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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- UnderstandExplain working with subtracting integers
Explain working with subtracting integers accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
- ApplyCalculate working with subtracting integers
Calculate working with subtracting integers accurately in a familiar context.
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- AnalyseCompare working with subtracting integers
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- EvaluateJustify working with subtracting integers
Justify working with subtracting integers accurately in a familiar context.
Assessed by: Exit ticket of four short items
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How Working with Subtracting Integers 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.
- 1.5 + 7 = ?[1]
- 2.-10 + (-4) = ?[1]
- 3.-5 − 9 = ?[1]
- 4.-2 + 1 = ?[1]
- 5.17 × (-11) = ?[2]
- 6.4 + (-4) = ?[2]
- 7.-18 − 9 = ?[2]
- 8.12 × (-7) = ?[2]
- 9.-22 × (-2) = ?[3]
- 10.17 × 28 = ?[3]
- 11.-18 × 17 = ?[3]
- 12.9 × (-7) = ?[3]
Show answers and working
1. 12
Start at 5 on a number line. Move 7 right. You land on 12.
2. -14
Start at -10 on a number line. Move 4 left. You land on -14.
3. -14
Subtracting 9 is the same as adding -9. -5 + (-9) = -14
4. -1
Start at -2 on a number line. Move 1 right. You land on -1.
5. -187
Multiply the sizes: 17 × 11 = 187. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -187
6. 0
Start at 4 on a number line. Move 4 left. You land on 0.
7. -27
Subtracting 9 is the same as adding -9. -18 + (-9) = -27
8. -84
Multiply the sizes: 12 × 7 = 84. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -84
9. 44
Multiply the sizes: 22 × 2 = 44. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 44
10. 476
Multiply the sizes: 17 × 28 = 476. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: 476
11. -306
Multiply the sizes: 18 × 17 = 306. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -306
12. -63
Multiply the sizes: 9 × 7 = 63. Same signs give positive, different signs give negative. Answer: -63
Worked examples
9 + (-2) = ?
- Start at 9 on a number line.
- Move 2 left.
- You land on 7.
- Answer: 7
-15 − (-1) = ?
- Subtracting (-1) is the same as adding 1.
- -15 + 1 = -14
- Answer: -14
-8 + 8 = ?
- Start at -8 on a number line.
- Move 8 right.
- You land on 0.
- Answer: 0
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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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- Start with Introducing Subtracting Integers, Adding Integers. Each one has its own free lesson, worksheet and quiz.
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- Move on to Subtracting Integers in Context, Negative Numbers, Integer Number Line, Adding Integers, which build directly on this idea.
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