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Class 6 The Other Side of Zero worksheet
CBSE Mathematics. Negative numbers: comparing, adding and subtracting, lifts, temperatures and bank balances. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
Which is the smallest: −25, 0, 24, 25?
- 24
- 0
- 25
- −25
Answer
(d) −25
−25 is furthest to the left on the number line
- 2.
20 + (−12) equals:
- 8
- 32
- −8
- −32
Answer
(a) 8
adding −12 means moving 12 steps left
- 3.
−10 − (−25) equals:
- −15
- −35
- 35
- 15
Answer
(d) 15
subtracting −25 is the same as adding 25
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Arrange in increasing order: −29, 24, 15, −7, −1.
Answer
−29, −7, −1, 15, 24
smallest (furthest left on the number line) first
- 5.
Find 7 + (−15) + 5 + 17.
Answer
14
positives 29, negatives −15
Section C · long answer
- 6.
A lift starts at floor 4 of a building with basements. It goes up 2, then up 7, then up 1 floors. Where does it stop?
Answer
floor 14
4 + 2 + 7 + 1 = 14
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every The Other Side of Zero sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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