Zero Pairs Practice Worksheet
Grade 3 Math worksheet to practice understanding and identifying zero pairs using integers.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Remember that a zero pair is a positive number and a negative number that add up to zero (e.g., +1 and -1).
1. Which of the following is a zero pair?
+5 and +5
-3 and -3
+2 and -2
+4 and -5
2. If you have +7, what number would make a zero pair with it?
+7
-7
0
-1
3. A zero pair is made of a positive number and a number.
4. When you add a zero pair together, the sum is .
5. The numbers +6 and -6 form a zero pair.
True
False
6. The numbers +10 and +10 form a zero pair.
True
False
7. Explain in your own words what a zero pair is.
8. Draw a number line and show how +3 and -3 form a zero pair.
Draw an arrow from +3 to -3 to show they cancel each other out.
Match each number with its zero pair.
9. +1
a. -8
10. -4
b. +4
11. +8
c. -1
12. Imagine you have 5 red chips (representing -1 each) and 3 blue chips (representing +1 each). How many zero pairs can you make? What is the total value of all the chips?