Grade 8: Operations with Negative Numbers
A worksheet for 8th-grade students covering addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of negative numbers with real questions.
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Operations with Negative Numbers
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show your work where applicable.
1. When you add a positive number to a negative number, you move to the on the number line.
2. The product of two negative numbers is always a number.
3. Subtracting a negative number is the same as a positive number.
4. Which of the following expressions has a value of -10?
5 + (-15)
-20 / 2
-3 * 3
12 - 2
5. What is the result of -7 - (-3)?
-10
-4
4
10
6. The sum of two negative numbers is always negative.
True
False
7. Dividing a positive number by a negative number results in a positive quotient.
True
False
8. A submarine is at -250 feet relative to sea level. It then ascends 120 feet. What is its new depth?
9. The temperature dropped from 5°C to -8°C. By how many degrees did the temperature change?
10. Use the number line below to show the operation -4 + 7.