Teck Whye Secondary School

Secondary 1 Express
Inspiring Learning, Topical Assignment 3a 19
Empowering Lives

(2.1) Negative Numbers

(2.2) Addition and Subtraction of Negative Integers

Name: Class: Date:

1 Without the use of a calculator, answer all the questions.

Show your workings where necessary. [9]

(a) 4 + (−3) (b) − 2 + (−3) (c) 5 − 9

(d) − 3 − 8 (e) 9 − (−3) (f) − 6 − (−6)

(j) 3 − 5 + (−7) (k) 1 + 9 − (−6) (l) − 5 + (−6) − 4

2 Arrange the numbers 4, −22 , ( ̶ 3) 2, 25 and − 3 27 in descending order.

Answer ............................................................................................................................... [1]

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3 Fill in each blank with “<” or “>” or “=”. [4]

(a) 3
− 8 …………. – 9 (b) − 3 − 27 …………. 16

(c) ̶ 2 2…………. ( ̶ 2) 2 (d) ( ̶ 2) 3 ……………. ̶ 2 3

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4 (a) A jet fighter which is 324 m above sea level fires a missile to hit a submarine which is
58 m below sea level. Find the vertical distance travelled by the missile.

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(b) If a bird is midway between the jet fighter and the submarine, how high is the bird
above sea level?

Answer .............................................. [1]

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5 For the following numbers:
10 3
1, π , , −64, 5.22
4,
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(a) List down the prime number(s).

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(b) List down the irrational number(s).

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(c) Represent the numbers on the number line below. [1]

−4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5

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