This packet helps students practice adding positive and negative numbers (a skill that is essential for algebra and is very often challenging for students!).

This worksheet focuses on numbers between -50 and 50, so students must understand how to add positive and negative numbers, but they must also apply that knowledge to addition problems that might require carrying. We find that, even after students master the drills, they sometimes struggle to work with negative numbers when they have to rewrite the problem in order to regroup. Once students can complete these pages with accuracy, it's less essential that they be able to complete them quickly. There are also worksheets that combine both addition and subtraction with integers for greater challenge.