Addition and Subtraction of Positive numbers

Sample Addition and Subtraction of Positive numbers questions

A few of the 11 questions, from easier to harder. Choose your exam board and tier to practise them, with every answer marked.

1. Question 11 markGrade 1-2
   Write down the value of the digit $7$ in $34{,}728$.
   Show the worked solution

   $34{,}728$: the digit 7 is in the hundreds column.

   Value $= 700$

What are the common mistakes in Addition and Subtraction of Positive numbers?

When a pupil makes one of these on Revision Workshop, the marking engine names the mistake and explains it, instead of just marking the answer wrong.

• Gives a digit itself instead of that digit's place value

  Gave the digit itself (3) instead of its place value (300)

• Compares only one subcategory of a dataset instead of first finding the full totals across all subcategories before comparing.

  Compares only the circle-shaped counters (16 red vs 26 green) instead of finding the FULL total of all red counters (circles + squares) and all green counters before comparing.

• Counts only one instance of a repeated item when multiple identical items were purchased, undercounting the total cost

  Only counts the cost of ONE cup of coffee instead of two, giving an incorrect (too low) total cost and change figure, leading to a wrong conclusion about whether Dave is correct.

Quick answers about Addition and Subtraction of Positive numbers

How many Addition and Subtraction of Positive numbers practice questions are there?

There are 11 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE Maths questions on Addition and Subtraction of Positive numbers, written for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1), Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics (0980) across Foundation and Higher and Core and Extended tier. Each one is marked instantly and has a full worked solution.

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