4.
4 Adding and subtracting with negative numbers
Homework
1 Write down the answer to each of the following, then check your answers on a calculator.
a –5 + 3 = b –2 + 1 = c –10 + 6 = d –8 + 6 =
e –2 – 7 = f –1 – 5 = g –3 – 7 = h –5 – 5 =
i 15 – 19 = j 3 – 17 = k –2 – 10 = l –12 + 7 =
m –15 + 9 = n 10 – 20 = o –10 – 12 = p –15 – 20 =
2 At noon the temperature in Berlin was –3 °C.
At 2 pm the temperature had risen by 2 °C.
a What is the temperature at 2 pm?
b At 6 pm the temperature was five degrees lower than it was at 2 pm. What was the
temperature at 6 pm?
3 Here are five numbers:
5 9 1 3 4
a Use two of the numbers to make a calculation with an answer of –5.
b Use three of the numbers to make a calculation with an answer of –11.
c Use four of the numbers to make a calculation with an answer of –10.
d Use all five of the numbers to make a calculation with an answer of –20.
4 Write down the answer to each of the following, then check your answers on a calculator.
a –13 – 5 = b –12 – 8 = c –25 + 6 = d 6 – 14 =
e 25 – (–3) = f 13 – (–8) = g –4 + (–15) = h –13 + (–7) =
i –12 + (–9) = j –16 + (–12) =
5 The temperature at midday was 5 °C. Find the temperature at midnight if it fell by:
a 1 °C b 5 °C c 6 °C d 8 °C e 12 °C.
6 What is the difference between the following temperatures?
a 4 °C and 6 °C b –2 °C and 4 °C c –3 °C and –6 °C
7 You have the following cards.
a Which other card should you choose to make the answer to the sum below as large as
possible? What is the answer?
b Which other card should you choose to make the answer to part a as small as possible?
What is the answer?
c Which other card should you choose to make the answer to the sum below as large as
possible? What is the answer?
d Which other card should you choose to make the answer to part c as small as possible?
What is the answer?
e Which two cards should you choose to make the answer to an addition sum zero?
8 Two numbers have a sum of 8. One of the numbers is negative. The other number is odd.
What could the numbers be? Give two different answers.
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