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Opposites and Zero Pairs Worksheet with Answer Key

8 problems on opposites and zero pairs: making sums equal 0, spotting real zero pairs, counters, sums of integers, bookshop copies, balancing collections, and a walk north and south. 2 pages, with a worked answer key.

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  1. Fill in the blank so each sum is 0.
  2. Decide which of Zoe's sums really are zero pairs without adding.
  3. Find the third number when three numbers add to 0 and two are 6 and -6.
  4. Find the value of Ben's counters and how few to add to make 0.
  5. Find where sums of consecutive integers equal 0.
  6. Word problem: follow the changes in a bookshop's count of one novel.
  7. Find the missing positive counters so two collections have the same value.
  8. Check Andre's claim that walking north and south ends at zero.

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