Subtracting Integers: Key Concepts and Practice

What is the result of 15 minus 6?

• 7

• 21

• 9

• 11

If you start at 2 on a number line and move 9 steps to the left, where do you end up?

• 7

• -7

• -5

• 5

What is the total change in yards if a football team gains 3 yards and then loses 8 yards?

• 11 yards

• -11 yards

• 5 yards

• -5 yards

Ian's football team lost 2 yards and then received a 5-yard penalty. What is the total change in yards?

• -7 yards

• -3 yards

• 7 yards

• 3 yards

What is the result of subtracting -8 from -7?

• 1

• -1

• -15

• 15

How do you rewrite the expression -15 - (-12)?

• -15 - 12

• 15 - 12

• -15 + 12

• 15 + 12

What is the result of -6 + 4?

• -10

• 2

• 10

• -2

What is the result of 4 - (-6)?

• -10

• 10

• -2

• 2

What is the result of -5 + 10?

• -15

• 15

• 5

• -5

What is the result of -15 + 12?

• 27

• 3

• -27

• -3