All Operations

Free interactive math game: All Operations — Mix. Part of the Negative Numbers category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. 16 : (-8) =
  2. 2 · (-8) =
  3. -1 - (-5) =
  4. 3 - (-10) =

About this exercise

Expressions that mix all four operations with signed numbers.

How to solve it

Follow the usual order of operations, and decide the sign of each product or quotient as you go.

Worked example

In -2 x 5 + 8, the product is -10, so the total is -2.

Common mistake

Deciding the sign at the very end. Each step has its own sign, and they do not simply combine.