Chip Model
Number Line
Rules
Vocabulary
Word Problems
100
4 + (-2)=
2
100
-3 + 7 =
4
100
37 + 24 =
61
100
Positive and negative whole numbers
Integers
100
This week Ms. Lattimore spent $20 for supplies. She earned $10. How much money does Ms. Lattimore have?
-$10
200
-8 + 4
-4
200
6 + (-1) =
5
200
-33 + (-33)
-66
200
Opposites with a sum of 0.
Additive inverses
200
In Buffalo, New York, the temperature was -14°F in the morning. If the temperature dropped 7°F, what is the temperature now?
-17
300
-4 + -5
-9
300
20 + (-40) =
-20
300
86 + (-96) =
-10
300
Positive and negative whole numbers, fractions, or decimals
Rational numbers
300
A submarine was situated 450 feet below sea level. If it ascends 300 feet, what is its new position?
-150
400
-7 + 5
-2
400
-15 + -5 =
-20
400
90 + (-48) =
42
400
Chips that cancel each other out
Zero Pairs
400
Shannon spent $14. She earned $50. How much money does Shannon have?
$36
500
-12 + (10)
-2
500
-200 + 800 =
600
500
-89 + 22
-67
500
A series of steps/way of solving a computation
Algorithm
500
Briana got on the elevator at the 4th floor. She went down 3 floors and then up 6. What floor did she get off on?
7th floor
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