Packet includes:
300 practice problems and an answer key.

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.

Sample Problem(s):

Find the sum.

Simple: $22 + 29 =$ (positive plus positive)

Advanced: $35 + -8 =$ (positive plus negative) OR $-27 + -31 =$ (negative plus negative)

Notes:

We encourage students to have mastered the "Adding Integers -10 to 10" drills before doing these problems. The drills contain the basic concepts: these are just harder problems.

Video lesson(s) showing you how to do this type of problem: