Subtract positive and negative whole numbers
Grade 7 Math Worksheet
Circle the best answer, or write your answer on the line.
Milo draws a challenge card from the jar. What is (-12) - (-20)?
Pia rewrites a subtraction from the math book as an addition: (-9) - (-16) = (-9) + ?. What number goes in place of the ?
Tala rewrites a puzzle as an addition: (-15) - 8 = (-15) + ?. What number goes in place of the ?
Use the picture in question 2.
Zee says subtracting is the same as adding the opposite. Which sum equals 4 - (-7)?
- (-4) + 7
- (-4) + (-7)
- 4 + (-7)
- 4 + 7
Bo labels a worksheet with a very neat pen. Which sum equals 12 - (-6)?
- (-12) + 6
- 12 + 6
- 12 + (-6)
- (-12) + (-6)
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?
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?
An otter swims at -25 m. A bird glides 11 m above the surface. Pia wonders how far apart they are. What is the distance in meters?
Ren's sled stops 14 m up a snowy hill. The top is 36 m up. How far is the sled from the top?
Bo rings a bell for the next distance question. What is |5 - 23|, the distance between 5 and 23?