N2e – Applying the four operations to negative numbers

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Part 1 – Adding and subtracting a positive integer to or from a negative integer

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Part 2 – Adding and subtracting a negative number to or from any integer

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Unlimited practice questions: Addition with negative numbers
Unlimited practice questions: Subtraction with negative numbers

Positive, negative, or zero?

This activity lets you practise identifying whether a particular addition or subtraction calculation will result in an answer that’s positive, negative, or zero. The point is to become quick at doing this, by generally not calculating the correct answer each time.

Part 3 – Multiplication with negative integers

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Unlimited practice questions: Multiplication with negative numbers

Part 4 – Division with negative integers

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