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Adding Integers Worksheets

If you need adding integers worksheets that you can print right now, this page builds them for you — 20 fresh problems, an answer key underneath, and no account to create first. The current sheet starts with problems like (-2) + (10) and (-10) + (-11), and the answers (8 and -21) are printed on the key so marking takes about a minute.

📄 ADDING INTEGERS WORKSHEETS — A NEW SHEET EVERY TIME YOU PRESS THE BUTTON
🎲 New set of problems

‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.

The skill behind these problems

Because the numbers regenerate, the sign combination changes every problem rather than settling into a run.

A number line is the honest model here: adding moves right, subtracting moves left, and negative numbers simply start you left of zero.

Subtracting a negative is the step that needs its own explanation. Removing a debt leaves you better off, which is why the two minus signs turn into a plus.

For multiplication and division the rule is mechanical: same signs give a positive, different signs give a negative. State it separately from the addition rules, or the two get blended and -21 comes out with the wrong sign.

Work of this kind is commonly aligned with the number system strand for grade 6; schools outside the US meet the same skill at roughly the same age, which is why these adding integers worksheets travel well.

Examples taken from this worksheet

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (integers from −20 to 20).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
1(-2) + (10) =8Watch for: subtracting the smaller from the larger regardless of position
2(-10) + (-11) =-21Check: treating a negative sign as belonging to the operation
3(-8) + (7) =-1Look at: applying the multiplication sign rules to addition
4(-16) + (-8) =-24Ask about: guessing on zero pairs
5(-10) + (13) =3Watch for: dropping the sign in the answer
6(-15) + (14) =-1Check: misreading a double negative

Start with one worked example

Here is one worked through. (-10) + (-11) gives -21. If your child arrives somewhere other than -21 on (-10) + (-11), look at the working rather than the answer: nearly every wrong result comes from a skipped step, not an unknown fact.

A good first problem to do together is (-2) + (10), which comes out at 8. Do (-2) + (10) once with the child narrating, then hand over the pencil and start the clock on the other 20 problems.

Where children usually slip up

How to use these worksheets at home

  1. Read the first two problems out loud together before starting the clock. It costs fifteen seconds and removes most of the 'I did not understand the question' errors.
  2. Run the sheet at the same time each day. Ten focused minutes before dinner beats an hour on Sunday, because adding positive and negative numbers is a recall skill: (-2) + (10) has to arrive without being worked out, and recall is built by frequency.
  3. Write the finish time and the score at the top of every sheet. Two weeks of those two numbers tells you more about progress on adding positive and negative numbers than any single test result.
  4. Do not raise the number of problems until the accuracy is steady. Going from 20 correct-but-slow problems to more problems only multiplies the same mistake.
  5. Keep the session to about 10 minutes. A child working at this level who is still counting on fingers will need longer than that on a line like (-2) + (10), and that is fine: the timer is a measurement, never a punishment.

Marking the sheet

Keys are produced by the same code that produces the questions, so a mismatch between question and answer is not possible on these sheets.

The key prints on its own page by default. Uncheck the answer-key box before printing if you would rather keep it back and mark the sheet yourself.

Printing on US Letter or A4

The sheet is laid out to fit one page on both US Letter and A4. Leave the browser scaling at 100% and turn headers and footers off, and the 20 problems land inside the margins on either paper size.

Printing works the same on US Letter and A4, because the layout uses relative widths rather than fixed inches. Set margins to default and scaling to 100%, and all 20 problems fit.

Frequently asked questions

When do students first meet negative numbers?
Usually around grade six, though temperature and elevation introduce the idea informally much earlier.
Why does subtracting a negative give a positive?
Because subtracting means removing, and removing a negative amount leaves more than you had. Cancelling a debt of ten leaves you ten better off.
Do I need an account to print these worksheets?
No. There is no sign-up, no email and no download step — the adding integers worksheets are built in your browser and go straight to your printer or to a PDF file.
Is the answer key included?
Yes, on its own page behind the worksheet. For the sheet loaded right now it shows 8 for (-2) + (10) and -21 for (-10) + (-11).

Keep the finished adding integers worksheets in date order — the drop in time across ten sheets is the clearest progress report you will get.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13