Write these numbers in order, starting with the smallest: -6, 4, -9, 1, -2
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2
State which is larger: -12 or -5
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3
A point is marked 5 units to the left of -3 on a number line. What is the value of this point?
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4
Calculate: -9 + 6
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5
Calculate: -7 x 4
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6
Calculate: -24 / 6
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7
Work out: -6 + 9 - (-3)
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8
Work out: (-3) x (-6) + (-4)
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9
Work out: -30 / (-5) - 7
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10
Find x. x + (-8) = -3
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11
Solve: x - (-5) = 2
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12
Calculate: -15 / 3
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13
Calculate: 5 - 12
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14
Work out: (-2) x 5 - (-9)
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15
A lift starts at floor 3. It goes down 7 floors, then up 4 floors, then down 2 floors (floors below ground level are negative). What floor does it end on? Show your working.
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16
A company's share price starts at 240 pence. It falls by 65 pence, then rises by 28 pence. What is the new share price? Show your working.
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17
In a quiz, a team starts with 0 points. They lose 15 points for a wrong answer, gain 22 points for a bonus round, then lose 9 points for another wrong answer. What is their final score? Show your working.
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18
A weather balloon is released from ground level (0 m). It rises 850 m, then a storm causes it to fall 1200 m from its highest point, before it rises again by 300 m. Find its final height relative to the ground, and state whether it is above or below ground level. Show your working.
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19
Tom thinks of a number. He subtracts 12 from it, and the result is -19. Form an equation using n for Tom's number, solve it to find n, and check your answer by substitution.
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20
The temperature in a freezer is -18 degrees C. The temperature in a fridge is 22 degrees C higher than the freezer. A fault then causes the fridge's temperature to rise a further 5 degrees C. What is the fridge's temperature now? Show your working.
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Mark scheme · KS3.M-N7D Negative Numbers: Fluency and Exam Drill