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1.8D Negative Numbers: Fluency and Exam Drill

EDEXCEL Edexcel 1MA1 · Calculator allowed · about 40 minutes
Total Marks
Name: _______________________________    Date: ____ / ____ / ______
Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.
1
Work out -3 + 7.
(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)
2
Work out 5 + (-9).
(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)
3
Work out (-4) - 6.
(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)
4
Work out 2 - (-5).
(Total for Question 4 is 1 mark)
5
Work out (-7) + (-8).
(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)
6
Put these numbers in order from smallest to largest: -3, 2, -8, 0.
(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)
7
Put these numbers in order from largest to smallest: -1, -6, 4, 0.
(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)
8
The temperature at 6 am was -2 degrees C. By 9 am it had fallen by 5 degrees. Work out the temperature at 9 am.
(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)
9
The temperature at midnight was -6 degrees C. By midday it had risen by 11 degrees. What was the temperature at midday?
(Total for Question 9 is 1 mark)
10
Work out (-3) x 4.
(Total for Question 10 is 1 mark)
11
Work out -12 / 3.
(Total for Question 11 is 1 mark)
12
Work out (-3) x (-5).
(Total for Question 12 is 1 mark)
13
Work out -18 / (-6).
(Total for Question 13 is 1 mark)
14
Calculate (-4) x 3 + 7.
(Total for Question 14 is 2 marks)
15
Work out 5 - (-2) x 3. Use the correct order of operations.
(Total for Question 15 is 2 marks)
16
A thermometer shows morning -4 degrees C, afternoon 3 degrees C and evening -1 degrees C. Work out the difference between the highest and the lowest temperature that day.
(Total for Question 16 is 2 marks)
17
Kwame has a bank balance of -28 pounds. He pays in 50 pounds and then a direct debit of 17 pounds is taken. What is his final balance?
(Total for Question 17 is 3 marks)
18
This question has three parts. Follow the instructions in each part.
(a)Evaluate (-3)(4 - 9).(2)
(b)Hence or otherwise evaluate 15 + (-12) / 4.(2)
(c)Write your answer from part (b) as an integer. State whether this integer is positive, negative or zero.(2)
(Total for Question 18 is 6 marks)
Mark scheme · 1.8D Negative Numbers: Fluency and Exam Drill

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