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Find the opposite of a number and of an opposite

Year 6 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Change the sign of the number for each opposite. Two opposites in a row bring the number back to where it started.

  1. What is the opposite of the opposite of −9?
  2. What is the opposite of the opposite of 2?
  3. Find the value of −(−9).
  4. What is the opposite of 0?
  5. Find the value of −(−(−8)).
  6. Find the value of −(−6).
  7. Find the value of −(−(−3)).
  8. What is the opposite of the opposite of −1?
  9. What is the opposite of 6?
  10. What is the opposite of 10?
  11. What is the opposite of −10?
  12. What is the opposite of the opposite of −16?
  13. The opposite of a number is 1. What is the number?
  14. What is the opposite of the opposite of −2?
  15. The opposite of a number is 2. What is the number?
  16. The opposite of a number is 11. What is the number?
  17. The opposite of a number is 5. What is the number?
  18. Find the value of −(−(31)).
  19. What is the opposite of the opposite of −24?
  20. What is the opposite of 32?
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Answer key: Find the opposite of a number and of an opposite

  1. −9
  2. 2
  3. 9
  4. 0
  5. −8
  6. 6
  7. −3
  8. −1
  9. −6
  10. −10
  11. 10
  12. −16
  13. −1
  14. −2
  15. −2
  16. −11
  17. −5
  18. 31
  19. −24
  20. −32