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Addition and Subtraction With Tiles

Total questions: 49

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What sum does the set of tiles model? Yellow is positive

a)

(+3) + (+2) = +5

b)

(+3) + (+2) = -5

c)

(-3) + (-2) = -5

d)

(-3) + (-2) = +5

2.

What sum does the set of tiles model? Yellow is + and Red is -

a)

(+1) + (-4) = +3

b)

(+1) + (-4) = -3

c)

(-1) + (+4) = -3

d)

(-1) + (+4) = +3

3.

What sum does the set of tiles model?

yellow +

red -

a)

(-4) + (+3) = -1

b)

(+4) + (-3) = -1

c)

(+4) + (-3) = +1

d)

(-4) + (+3) = +1

4.

What sum does the set of tiles model?

yellow +

red -

a)

(-4) + (-2) = +6

b)

(+4) + (+2) = -6

c)

(+4) + (-2) = -6

d)

(-4) + (-2) = -6

5.

What sum does the set of tiles model?

yellow +

red -

a)

(+2) + (-3) = -1

b)

(+2) + (-3) = +1

c)

(-2) + (+3) = -1

d)

(-2) + (+3) = +1

6.
What is a zero pair? 
a)
Two negatives
b)
Two positives
c)
One negative, one positive
7.
If you are adding 2 negative numbers, will your answer be positive or negative?
a)
negative
b)
positive
8.
a)
7
b)
5
c)
-7
d)
-5
9.
What is true about opposites?
a)
They are on the same side of zero
b)
They are the same distance away from zero.
c)
They are not really opposites
10.

What is the definition of a zero pair?

a)

Two negatives added together

b)

When you add zero and zero together

c)

A pair of numbers whose sum is zero

11.

What does additive inverse mean? Choose ALL that are correct.

a)

The number itself

b)

The number needed to make zero when you add

c)

A number's distance from zero

d)

The opposite of a number

12.
-10 + 10
a)
20
b)
0
c)
-20
d)
1,000,000
13.
What is the additive inverse of -5?
a)
-5
b)
0
c)
5
d)
-0
14.
What is the additive inverse of 8?
a)
8
b)
0
c)
-0
d)
-8
15.
What do we call a number less than zero?
a)
integer
b)
negative number
c)
whole number
d)
positive integer
16.
How do you know that 5 and -5 are opposites? 
a)
Because they both have a 5 
b)
They are the same distance from 0 and on opposite sides of 0 
c)
Because they are the same 
d)
They both are on a number line 
17.

True or False: When you add two negative integers the sign of the answer will be positive.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

A negative number plus a negative number equals a _______number.

a)

positive

b)

negative

19.

When you add two positive numbers, your answer is

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

The sign depends on which number is larger

20.

When adding two numbers, how can you tell if your answer will be positive or negative?

a)

The number that is bigger

b)

You can decide

c)

The number that has the bigger absolute value

d)

The number that is first

21.

The integer 0 is ____ -15

a)

=

b)

<

c)

>

22.
What's a way to define absolute value?
a)
The value of a number
b)
The opposite of a number
c)
The distance of a number from zero
d)
The multiplicative inverse of a number
23.
increase of $25
a)
25
b)
-25
24.

What is the combined value of 1 negative and 1 positive? Why?

a)

-2, because there's a negative

b)

0, because they form a zero pair

c)

+2, because there's a positive

d)

1, because there's a one

25.

-4 + -13 = ?

a)

9

b)

17

c)

-9

d)

-17

26.

-8 + -12

a)

-20

b)

20

c)

-4

d)

4

27.
-9 + (-5)
a)
-14
b)
14
c)
-4
28.
-8 + 20
a)
-28
b)
28
c)
14
d)
12
29.
10 + (-4) = ?
a)
-6
b)
6
c)
14
d)
-14
30.

-14 + 19 =

a)

-33

b)

33

c)

-5

d)

5

31.
- 2 - 10
a)
-8
b)
12
c)
8
d)
-12
32.
- 1 - - 23
a)
22
b)
-24
c)
24
d)
-22
33.
25 - - 16
a)
9
b)
41
c)
-9
d)
31
34.
15 - 12
a)
3
b)
-3
c)
27
d)
-27
35.
- 14 - 23
a)
9
b)
-9
c)
-37
d)
-11
36.
- 3 - -23
a)
-20
b)
26
c)
-26
d)
20
37.
- 15 - - 2
a)
13
b)
-17
c)
-13
d)
13
38.
1 - - 10
a)
9
b)
11
c)
-9
d)
-11
39.
-24 - - 23
a)
-1
b)
1
c)
-47
d)
47
40.
7 - 21
a)
-14
b)
-13
c)
13
d)
14
41.
19 - - 5
a)
-24
b)
-14
c)
14
d)
24
42.
- 5 - -15
a)
-20
b)
20 
c)
10
d)
-10
43.
9 - 8
a)
1
b)
-17
c)
-1
d)
17
44.
13 - - 13
a)
0
b)
-26
c)
26
45.
- 11 - 13
a)
-24
b)
-2
c)
2
d)
24
46.

Two numbers that add together to equal zero

a)

zero pair

b)

absolute value

c)

integer

d)

reciprocal

47.
What is a zero pair? 
a)
Two negatives
b)
Two positives
c)
One negative, one positive
48.

Which of the following number sentences shows a zero pair?

a)

0 + 4

b)

4 x 0

c)

4 + (-4)

d)

4 - 4

49.

How many zero pairs are in the model?

a)

7

b)

5

c)

-7

d)

-5