Subtract positive and negative whole numbers
Grade 7 Math Worksheet
Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
Kira balances a math puzzle on the scales. What is (-14) - 9?
Luz rings a bell for a bonus question. What is 17 - (-8)?
Use the picture in question 1.
Noah writes the next problem on the board. What is 21 - 34?
Use the picture in question 1.
Esme checks the porch thermometer: 6°F at noon and -9°F at midnight (brrr). How many degrees warmer was noon than midnight?
Jun watches a gull fly 25 m above the water while a fish swims at -8 m. How many meters higher is the gull than the fish?
Monday's low was -15°F and Tuesday's low was -4°F, a two-scarf kind of week for Luz. How many degrees colder was Monday's low than Tuesday's?
A penguin dives to -18 m, while its friend stands on an ice shelf 7 m above the water. Milo asks how far apart the two are. What is the distance in meters?
Noah's tent is at -12 m and a desert trail starts at -30 m (below sea level is negative). How far is the tent from the trail start?
Ren's sled stops 14 m up a snowy hill. The top is 36 m up. How far is the sled from the top?
Zee learns that distance is the absolute value of a difference. What is |(-20) - 12|, the distance between -20 and 12?