Adding and Subtracting Positive and Negative Whole Numbers

What is the result of adding -7 to 3?

• -4

• 10

• -10

• 0

What is the sum of -3 and 8?

• 5

• -5

• 11

• -11

What is the sum of -8 and 5?

• -3

• 3

• 13

• -13

What is the sum of -7 and 3?

• 5

• -4

• -10

• 0

Match

• 12

• 24 - (-5)

• 29

• -3 + 14

• -216

• 18 + (-6)

• 3

• 72(-3)

• 11

• -7 - (-10)

Coach Bob’s football team lost 8 yards, gained 5 yards, and lost 2 yards on their first 3 plays from the line of scrimmage.
The team’s current position is ​​ (a)   yards relative to the original line of scrimmage.
The additive inverse,​ (b)   represents the number of yards the team needs to gain in order to return to the original line of scrimmage.

• -5

• 5

• 15

• -15

Coach Bob’s football team lost 8 yards, gained 5 yards, and lost 2 yards on their first 3 plays from the line of scrimmage.
The team’s current position is ​​ (a)   yards relative to the original line of scrimmage.
The additive inverse,​ (b)   represents the number of yards the team needs to gain in order to return to the original line of scrimmage.

• -5

• 5

• 15

• -15

Coach Bob’s football team lost 8 yards, gained 5 yards, and lost 2 yards on their first 3 plays from the line of scrimmage.
The team’s current position is ​​ (a)   yards relative to the original line of scrimmage.
The additive inverse,​ (b)   represents the number of yards the team needs to gain in order to return to the original line of scrimmage.

• -5

• 5

• 15

• -15

What is the sum of -5 and 7?

• 10

• 2

• 3

• -12

What is the result of adding 8 to -5?

• 3

• -13

• 13

• -3