Subtraction with Negative Numbers Exercises

Complete this assessment to practice subtracting negative numbers and check your answers. If you need more practice, do Problem Sets 2 and 3.

Subtraction with Negative Numbers

 Perform each subtraction operation.

  1. 5 - (-2) =

  2. -7 - (-9) =

  3. 0 - (-3) =

  4. 2 - (-4) =

  5. -6 - (-2) =

  6. 6 + (-10) - (-4) =

  7. -5 - (-8) =

  8. 1 - (-3) =

  9. -7 - (-7) =

  10. 6 - (-3) =

  11. -8 - (-4) =

  12. -9 - (-5) + 2 =

  13. 10 - (-7) =

  14. -8 - (-14) =

  15. 0 - (-13) =

  16. -9 - (-1) =

  17. 15 - (-6) =

  18.   14 - (-4) + (-3) =

Source: Algebra2Go, https://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/Lperez/Algebra2Go/prealgebra/integers/nLSubNeg.html
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