Exploring Positive and Negative Numbers
A Grade 3 math worksheet to introduce positive and negative numbers using number lines and real-world examples.
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Exploring Positive and Negative Numbers
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use the number lines to help you visualize positive and negative numbers.
1. Numbers greater than zero are called numbers.
2. Numbers less than zero are called numbers.
3. Zero is neither positive nor .
4. A temperature of 5 degrees below zero can be written as .
5. Plot the numbers -3, 0, and 4 on the number line below.
6. What number is 2 units to the right of -1 on the number line?
7. Which number is smaller: -5 or -2?
-5
-2
They are equal
Cannot tell
8. Which of these numbers is the largest: 3, -4, 0?
3
-4
0
All are equal
9. -10 is greater than -5.
True
False
10. The opposite of 7 is -7.
True
False
11. A submarine is 100 feet below sea level. Write this as an integer.
12. The temperature dropped 7 degrees from 0. What is the new temperature?
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