Integers Positive and Negative Numbers Word Problems

7 and -7 are

• Opposites

• Absolute values

• Ms. Wood's favorite numbers

• positive integers

The football team lost 8 yards on every play for 5 plays. Which integer shows the total number of yards the team has lost?

• 40

• -40

• 3

• -3

A drought can cause the level of the local water supply to drop by a few inches each week.  Suppose the level of the water supply drops 2 inches each week.  How much will it change in 4 weeks? 

• -16 inches

• -8 inches

• -2 inches

Liz said that multiplying 2 negative numbers will give you a positive answer. 
Her friend Heather said that was the weirdest thing ever and that your answer is going to be negative. Who is right? 

• Liz

• Heather

Which expression DOES NOT have a product of −18?

• −2 ∗ −9

• −6 ∗ 3

• −3 ∗ 6

• −9 ∗ 2

When multiplying integers with the same signs, the answer will be...

• Positive

• Negative

• zero

• a fraction

When multiplying integers with the different signs, the answer will be...

• Positive

• Negative

• zero

• a fraction

A mountain climber climbed up a cliff 50 feet at a time. He did this 5 times in one day. What was the overall change in his elevation?

• -10 feet

• 10 feet

• -250 feet

• 250 feet

If you square 5 more than a positive number, the result is 88 more than 12 times the number.  Find the numbers.

• -9, 7

• √75

• 9, -7

• 15, -5

The product of two consecutive positive numbers is 132.  Find the numbers.

• 11, 12

• -11, -12

• -11, 12

• 11, -12