Year 8 Integers (Directed Numbers) Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 8 integers worksheet.
Year 8 Integers (Directed Numbers) Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Remember the sign rules. Use a number line if it helps.
Answer: −18
Move 8 to the left on the number line.
Answer: −4
Different signs give a negative quotient.
Answer: −18
Adding a negative is the same as subtracting: -4 − 14 = -18
Answer: −1
Move 5 to the right on the number line.
Answer: 6
Move 6 to the right on the number line.
Answer: −247
Different signs give a negative product.
Answer: 234
Same signs give a positive product.
Answer: 2
Same signs give a positive quotient.
Answer: 130
Same signs give a positive product.
Answer: −36
Move 16 to the left on the number line.
Answer: 4
Same signs give a positive quotient.
Answer: −1
Move 11 to the right on the number line.
Answer: 2
Same signs give a positive quotient.
Answer: 22
Subtracting a negative is the same as adding: 13 + 9 = 22
Answer: −3
Different signs give a negative quotient.
Answer: −8
Adding a negative is the same as subtracting: -6 − 2 = -8
Answer: 2
Same signs give a positive quotient.
Answer: −19
Adding a negative is the same as subtracting: -5 − 14 = -19
Answer: −5
Different signs give a negative quotient.
Answer: −4
Different signs give a negative quotient.
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