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Negative numbers – practice for Years 7–9

Sample questions on Negative numbers with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Maths
Year
Years 7–9
Curriculum area
Number and algebra

Question types: Calculating with negative numbers

Rule: Negative numbers

Subtracting a negative number is the same as adding a positive one: 4 − (−3) = 4 + 3 = 7.

Multiplying and dividing: same signs → +, different signs → −.

Example: (−54) ÷ (−6) = 9; 8 × (−8) = −64

Watch out: −6 − 10 = −16, not −4: on the number line you go even further left.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    Work out: −3 − 11

    Show the solution
    Answer: −14

    How it works: −3 − 11 = −14

  2. Question 2 Normal

    Work out: 6 ÷ 2

    Show the solution
    Answer: 3

    How it works: 6 ÷ 2 = 3

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Work out: 6 ÷ 2 − (−11)

    Show the solution
    Answer: 14

    How it works: 3 − (−11) = 14

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