Practice Zero in Math

Use these practice problems to test your method after reviewing the concept explanation and worked examples.

Quick Recap

The number representing the absence of quantity; the additive identity and placeholder in positional notation.

Zero is the placeholder that makes '10' different from '1'—it marks empty positions.

Showing a random 20 of 64 problems.

Example 1

easy
Write 'two hundred seven' as a numeral.

Example 2

easy
What is 7+0?

Example 3

easy
Hold up zero fingers. How many fingers are up?

Example 4

medium
Fill in the blank: 0+8=8‾

Example 5

medium
On a number line, what is the distance from 0 to −6?

Example 6

medium
The number 3,020 has a zero in the tens place. How does removing that zero (writing 320 instead) change the number's value?

Example 7

hard
True or false: 0+7 is the same as 7+0.

Example 8

medium
Evaluate (−3)+3.

Example 9

easy
What is 0+0?

Example 10

medium
Ben has 2 apples. He picks up 0 apples. Then he picks up 0 more. How many apples does Ben have?

Example 11

easy
Is 5÷0 defined?

Example 12

easy
Write the number with 6 hundreds, 0 tens, and 2 ones.

Example 13

medium
Solve for x: x+0=12.

Example 14

hard
Mr. Lee writes a 3-digit number on the board. It has 0 in the tens place and 0 in the ones place. The hundreds digit is 7. What is the number, and what is the value of each 0?

Example 15

medium
What is 50?

Example 16

easy
How many objects are in an empty box?

Example 17

easy
What is 0+5?

Example 18

medium
You have 2 stickers. You give both away. How many stickers do you have?

Example 19

medium
There are 10 ducks in a pond. 0 more swim over. How many ducks are in the pond?

Example 20

medium
If a product a×b=0, what can you conclude about a or b?