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Number - Adding Negative Numbers

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Question 1


Calculate:

a) $4+(-1)$  a s v
b) $5+(-1)$  a s v
c) $12+(-5)$  a s v
d) $7+(-3)$  a s v
e) $9+(-7)$  a s v
f) $15+(-9)$  a s v
g) $23+(-10)$  a s v
h) $34+(-12)$  a s v
i) $73+(-14)$  a s v
j) $90+(-27)$  a s v
k) $88+(-55)$  a s v
l) $142+(-88)$  a s v


Question 2


Calculate:

a) $4+(-7)$  a s v
b) $5+(-9)$  a s v
c) $3+(-8)$  a s v
d) $7+(-9)$  a s v
e) $8+(-10)$  a s v
f) $10+(-16)$  a s v
g) $12+(-13)$  a s v
h) $17+(-20)$  a s v
i) $21+(-30)$  a s v
j) $42+(-56)$  a s v
k) $83+(-95)$  a s v
l) $104+(-152)$  a s v


Question 3


Calculate:

a) $(-3)+1$  a s v
b) $(-6)+1$  a s v
c) $(-9)+2$  a s v
d) $(-15)+13$  a s v
e) $(-28)+14$  a s v
f) $(-59)+22$  a s v
g) $(-10)+7$  a s v
h) $(-20)+16$  a s v
i) $(-42)+25$  a s v
j) $(-86)+59$  a s v
k) $(-100)+54$  a s v
l) $(-232)+86$  a s v


Question 4


Calculate:

a) $(-2)+5$  a s v
b) $(-5)+7$  a s v
c) $(-7)+14$  a s v
d) $(-9)+9$  a s v
e) $(-11)+15$  a s v
f) $(-18)+20$  a s v
g) $(-21)+30$  a s v
h) $(-35)+55$  a s v
i) $(-53)+61$  a s v
j) $(-88)+103$  a s v
k) $(-77)+91$  a s v
l) $(-153)+315$  a s v


Question 5


Calculate:

a) $(-3)+(-2)$  a s v
b) $(-4)+(-5)$  a s v
c) $(-2)+(-7)$  a s v
d) $(-8)+(-3)$  a s v
e) $(-10)+(-7)$  a s v
f) $(-13)+(-4)$  a s v
g) $(-14)+(-12)$  a s v
h) $(-25)+(-16)$  a s v
i) $(-31)+(-19)$  a s v
j) $(-55)+(-28)$  a s v
k) $(-67)+(-28)$  a s v
l) $(-87)+(-144)$  a s v


Question 6


Calculate:

a) $(-14)+8$  a s v
b) $(-4)+17$  a s v
c) $8+(-18)$  a s v
d) $(-33)+50$  a s v
e) $18+(-8)$  a s v
f) $(-100)+(-155)$  a s v
g) $(-193)+(-88)$  a s v
h) $64+(-193)$  a s v
i) $(-218)+153$  a s v
j) $104+(-93)$  a s v
k) $(-187)+(-345)$  a s v
l) $(-788)+94$  a s v


Question 7


Calculate:

a) $(-4)+5+3$  a s v
b) $5+(-3)+4  a s v
c) $4+9+(-19)$  a s v
d) $(-21)+4+(-11)$  a s v
e) $(-13)+(-18)+44$  a s v
f) $(-3)+(-16)+(-12)$  a s v
g) $(-4)+5+12+(-15)$  a s v
h) $4+(-19)+14+(-3)$  a s v
i) $(-4)+(-4)+(-4)+12$  a s v
j) $33+(-17)+(-44)+18+(-14)$  a s v
k) $(-181)+33+(-14)+(-55)+16+(-12)$  a s v
l) $19+42+(-55)+(-123)+(-214)+127+(-111)$  a s v


Question 8


Answer the following:

a) I have a debt of $\$12$ on my bank account. I pay in $\$20$. How much is the account balance?  a s v

b) The temperature is currently $5^\circ$C. A storm will happen tonight and the temperature will drop by $9^\circ$C! What will the temperature be tommorrow?  a s v

c) Mike has a credit card with a balance of $-\$421$. He spends another $\$78$ on cinema tickets. What is his credit card balance now?  a s v

d) A cricket is in a hole $45$cm below ground level. There is a boulder by the hole which is $52$cm high. The cricket can jump a maximum of $87$cm. Can the cricket jump from the bottom of the hole to the top of the boulder in one jump?  a s v