Skills · The Number System · Integer Operations
Subtracting integers
Printable practice with an answer key the engine computes, at three levels, in as many versions as you need.
Problem types
- both positive, stays positive: 8 − 3
- both positive, goes negative: 3 − 8
- negative minus positive: −2 − 5
- positive minus a negative: 4 − (−3)
- both negative, stays negative: −4 − (−3)
- both negative, goes positive: −3 − (−4)
- three terms: −8 + 5 − (−3)
Sample Sheet · Level 1
- −6 − 7 =
- −3 − (−4) =
- 1 − 6 =
- 6 − (−3) =
- 2 − 9 =
- 7 − 1 =
- −5 − 9 =
- −7 − (−3) =
Answer key
- −13
- 1
- −5
- 9
- −7
- 6
- −14
- −4
Sample Sheet · Level 3
- −6 − 32 + (−7) =
- −49 − (−14) =
- −36 − 28 =
- 41 − (−31) =
- 23 − 24 =
- 43 − 32 =
- −22 − 41 =
- −16 − (−33) =
Answer key
- −45
- −35
- −64
- 72
- −1
- 11
- −63
- 17
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