Mixed Integer Operations

Free interactive math game: Mixed Integer Operations — With all operators. 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. −10 + 5 · (−2) − 8 = ?
  2. 4 · (−2) − (−5) · 2 = ?
  3. (1 − 2) · (0 − 1) = ?
  4. 6 · (−3) − (−3) · 3 = ?

About this exercise

Longer signed-number expressions with brackets.

How to solve it

Deal with the brackets first, then multiplication and division, then work through the additions and subtractions.

Worked example

In (-4 + 9) x -2 the bracket gives 5, and 5 x -2 = -10.

Common mistake

Dropping a minus sign while copying the expression to the next line. Rewriting carefully is worth the extra second.