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HOMEWORK SHEET - 1
Directed Numbers

Damsavi Jayashantha

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SHORT NOTE
DIRECTED NUMBERS Always have a (+) or (-) sign

1. ADDITION / SUBTRACTION

- 7 + (- 5)

-7-5
2. MULTIPLICATION
 Step 1 - Decide the sign of final answer
Different signs (-)
Same signs (+)
 Step 2 - Multiply & Simplify

3. DIVISION
 Step 1 - Write entire left side of (=) sign as ONE fraction.
 Step 2 - Write entire right side of (=) sign as ONE fraction.
 Step 3 - Cross multiply
 Step 4 - Simplify

! ALWAYS REMEMBER TO READ THE QUESTION WELL AND SYMPLIFY

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1) 108 + (-1) 2) 9 + (-21) 3) (-8) + (-2)

4) (-1) + (-1) 5) (-13) + (-7) 6) -16 -2.1

7) -0 - (-4) 8) -3.5 + 6.5 9) -0 - (-4)

10) -7 -5 - (-3) 11) -8 (-8) -6 12) 1.12 + 3.1

13) -3.2 - 1.04 14) -0.9 + (-1.5) 15) -5.6 - (+4.4)

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16) 1.5 + (-2.7) 17) 5.3 - 1.8 18) (-1.27) + 5.4

19) (-1.6) + (-5.1) 20) (-2.6) - 3.8 21) -9 × 9

22) -10 × 4 23) 5 × -2 24) 9 × (-6)

25) -2 × -10 26) 64 × 27 27) -2 × 2 × -2

28) 19 × 48 × (-2) 29) -46 × 11 30) -0.9 × 1.3

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31) 0.2 × -4.1 32) 3 × 1.9 33) -1 × 1

34) 27 ÷ -3 35) 28 ÷ -4 36) -4.4 ÷ -2

37) a - 24 = 124 38) -4.1 - y = -4.2 39) a ÷ 5 = -50

40) Write 41 as a fraction 41) 60 ÷ 2 = 2a 42) 4 ÷ a = 52

43) 38 ÷ 4 = a ÷ 2 44) 1 ÷ a = 21 45) 30 ÷ a = 40

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46) 40 ÷ (-a) = 20 ÷ 2 47) a ÷ 800 = 200 + 200 48) 40 ÷ 8 = a ÷ 2

49) 68 ÷ a = 34 50) a ÷ 1 = 41

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