BBC Schools - KS3 Bitesize Maths - Negative Numbers

29 November 2009
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Negative Numbers: Test Bite

Q1:
< means less than, so 3 < 9
> means more than, so 18 > 11

Choose the correct sign in each example:

(a)	-6 < 2	(b)	50 < -60	(c)	-21 < -12
	or		or		or
	-6 > 2		50 > -60		-21 > -12

Q2: Look at these temperatures in degrees Celsius:

21^oC -4 ^oC 12 ^oC -1 ^oC -12 ^oC -30 ^oC

Place them in size order from coldest (1st) to hottest (6th):

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
21^oC
-4 ^oC
12 ^oC
-1 ^oC
-12 ^oC
-30 ^oC

Q3: Write the numbers on this scale at each of the arrows:

numberline

Q4: Work out the answer to this calculation:

- 11 + 3 - 8 =

Q5: I had £110 in my savings account. I wrote a cheque for £120 to pay for currency for my winter holiday. A few days before that I transferred £50 from my deposit account into my savings account. When I returned from my holiday, how much was left in my savings account?

Q6: While on holiday, the weather was quite changeable. For example, when I arrived first thing Monday morning it was -14 ^oC. At 12 noon, it was 20^o hotter. At 3pm the temperature had dropped by 2 ^oC. Then at 8pm it had dropped by another 8 ^oC.
Fill in the gaps with the correct temperatures.

a) At 12 noon the temperature was

⁰C

b) At 3pm the temperature was

⁰C

c) At 8pm the temperature was

⁰C

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