Integer practice
Free integer practice for kids: pick a skill and answer 10 questions, marked as you go, with a hint for every mistake.
🧒 Kids: pick a skill, type your answer and tap Check ✓! For a negative number, press the minus key first.
Ready-made practice rounds: 15 skills by grade
| Skill | What your child does | Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Number line | Read a number line or thermometer, and write integers for real life. | 6 |
| Opposites & absolute value | The opposite of −8, |−12| and which is further from 0. | 6 |
| Compare & order | Choose <, > or =, and find the least or greatest. | 6 |
| Zero pairs | Count + and − chips: each pair makes 0. | 6–7 |
| Add | −9 + 4, with number line jumps. | 7 |
| Subtract | 6 − (−3): add the opposite. | 7 |
| Add & subtract mix | A mixed round of adding and subtracting. | 7 |
| Multiply | (−7) × 6 and three factors. | 7 |
| Divide | −48 ÷ (−6). | 7 |
| All four operations | A mixed round of + − × ÷. | 7 |
| Order of operations | −3 + 4 × (−2), (−5)² and −5². | 7 |
| Distance | Distance between −6 and 9, and temperature changes. | 6–7 |
| Rational numbers | Negative decimals and fractions. | 7 |
| Coordinate plane | Read points, name quadrants and reflect points. | 6 |
| Word problems | Temperature, sea level, money and floors. | 6–7 |
Each link opens the practice tool on that skill, so you can bookmark or share the one your child needs.
How to use the integer practice
- Pick a skill. If you are not sure, start with the number line and move along the row as each one gets easy.
- Answer each question. Type a minus sign for negative answers. On a phone, a number pad with a minus key appears below.
- Read the hint when an answer is wrong. It shows the rule: same signs or different signs, adding the opposite, or counting zero pairs.
- Check the stars. 8 or more out of 10 means the skill is secure. The results list the questions to practice again.
How answers are marked
Answers are marked by value, so −7 and -7 both count. Decimal answers in the rational numbers skill can be typed as −2.5 or −2.50.
Coordinate questions have one box for x and one for y. Questions with choices, like comparing or naming a quadrant, use big buttons instead of a box.
A sensible order for integer practice
Integers rest on two ideas: the number line and the meaning of a minus sign. A child who can picture −5 as 5 steps left of 0 finds every later rule easier. This order follows the US Common Core and the NCERT books:
- The number line (grade 6): reading, placing and ordering negative numbers.
- Opposites and absolute value (grade 6): distance from 0, the key to adding.
- Adding and subtracting (grade 7): number line jumps, zero pairs and adding the opposite. The integer calculator shows both pictures.
- Multiplying and dividing (grade 7): the sign rules.
- Putting it together (grade 7): order of operations, rational numbers and word problems.
When an integer skill won’t stick
- Thinking −8 is bigger than −3: draw a number line. −3 is further right, so it is greater, like −3 °C being warmer than −8 °C.
- Adding the sizes when the signs differ: −9 + 4 is not −13. Different signs mean subtract the sizes: 9 − 4 = 5, so −5.
- Forgetting to change both signs when subtracting: 6 − (−3) becomes 6 + 3, so 9.
- Mixing up (−5)² and −5²: the first is 25 and the second is −25. Brackets decide what the square applies to.
A 10-minute routine
- Minutes 1–2: count back past zero out loud: 3, 2, 1, 0, −1, −2, −3.
- Minutes 3–8: one round of 10 questions on the current skill.
- Minutes 9–10: read the hints for anything missed and try one again on paper.
For parents and teachers in the classroom
- Share a skill: add ?skill=line, opp, comp, chips, add, sub, addsub, mul, div, mix, ops, dist, rat, coord or word to the address.
- Projector friendly: large numbers, clear pictures and an on-screen number pad work well for a whole-class warm-up.
- Private by design: no account and nothing stored online.
More integer help
- Integer practice: 10 questions on any of 15 skills, marked as you go.
- Integer calculator: add, subtract, multiply or divide with the sign rule, a number line and integer chips.
- Integer number line: plot and order numbers, opposites, absolute value and distance.
- Lessons: multiplying integers · integers for kids
- Worksheets: adding and subtracting integers · comparing integers · coordinate plane · make an integer test
Back to integers for kids · ratios · equations · 6th grade math · 7th grade math
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Questions parents ask
How can my child practice integers online for free?
Use the practice tool at the top of this page. Pick a skill, such as adding integers or absolute value, and answer 10 questions one at a time. Every answer is marked straight away, with a hint when it is wrong.
How do I type a negative answer?
Type a minus sign before the number, like −7. On a phone, the number pad has a minus key. Both the minus key and the hyphen key work.
Which integer skill should my child start with?
Start with the number line, then opposites and absolute value, then comparing. Adding and subtracting come next, then multiplying and dividing, then order of operations and word problems.
What grade are these integer questions for?
Grades 6 and 7 (classes 6 and 7 in India). The number line, opposites, absolute value, comparing and the coordinate plane suit grade 6. The four operations, rational numbers and order of operations suit grade 7.
Can teachers use this integer practice in class?
Yes. Link to a skill with ?skill= at the end of the address, for example /integers/practice/?skill=sub. Every child gets their own random questions, and nothing needs a login.
Do the questions repeat?
No. Every round makes new random questions, so the same skill can be practiced again and again.