Integer Word Problems

A football team gained 9 yards on one play and then lost 22 yards on the next. Write a sum of integers to find the overall change in field position.

• -9 + (-22) = -13
• 9 + (-22) = 13
• 9 + (-22) = -13
• none

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

Henry starts the day with $30. He and his sister go to the fair. He pays for his own admission of $10, but fails to notice that $15 falls out of his wallet while he is paying. His sister lends him $10 so that he can still enjoy the fair. Write the equation that illustrates his day's financial events.

• 30 - 10 - 5 + 10 =

• 30 - 15 + 10 =

• 30 - 10 - 15 + 10 =

• 30 + 10 - 15 =

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CCSS.3.OA.D.8

The elevation of Mt. Everest is 29,028 feet. The elevation of the Dead Sea is -485 feet. What is the difference (subtract the two integers) in the elevation between Mt. Everest and the Dead Sea? Which shows the correct number sentence?

• 29,028 - (-485) = 29,513

• 29,028 - (-485) = -29,513

• 29,028 + (-485) = 28,543

• -29,028 + (-485) = -29,513

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

It will be -12 degrees tonight. The weatherman predicts it will be 25 degrees warmer by noon tomorrow. What will the temperature be by noon tomorrow? Which is the correct number sentence?

• 12 + 25 = 37 degrees

• -12 + 25 = -13 degrees

• -12 + - 25 = -37 degrees

• -12 + 25 = 13 degrees

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

What do you do when you are adding integers with different signs? 

• (-) and keep sign of smaller number
• (-) and keep sign of larger number
• (+) and keep sign of smaller number number
• (+) and keep sign of larger number 

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

When you add integers with the same sign, what do you do? 

• (+) and  keep the sign
• (-) and keep the sign
• (x) and keep the sign
• (/) and keep the sign

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

What do you call a set of whole numbers and their opposites? 
Example: 
-3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3

• difference
• sum
• integers
• opposites

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6A

Kim was walking down a rocky path.  
For 4 minutes, the elevation dropped at the same rate. Altogether it dropped 8 feet.  
What was the change in elevation each minute?

• -8 ÷ 4 = -2 feet per minute
• 8 ÷ 4 = 2 feet per minute
• 8 - 4 = 4 feet per minute
• 8 + 4 = 12 feet per minute

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

As a cold front passed through Temple, the temperature changed steadily over 6 hours.  Altogether it change -18 degrees.  What was the change in temperature each hour for the 6 hours?

• -18 ÷ 6 = -3 degrees
• 18 ÷ 6 = 3 degrees
• 18 + 6 = 24 degrees
• 18 - 6 = 12 degrees

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Sonia went on a diving trip. On one of her dives, she descended 3 feet every minute for 5 minutes. How many feet below sea level was Sonia after 5 minutes?

• -3 x 5 = 15 ft.

• -3 x 5 = -15 ft.

• 3 + -5 = -2 ft

• 5 + -3 = 2 ft.

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3