Sum (+) of Integers
Word Problems
Find the Difference (-)
Vocabulary
Absolute Value
100

Find the sum 

(+4)+(+20)

24

100

Adding Integers:   A football team loses 5 yards on one play and then loses 8 yards on the next play.  How many yards did they lose on the two plays?

They lost 13 yards

-13

100

3 - (-9) =

6

100

What are opposites?

A negative number and its positive 

100

What is the absolute value of |-48|?

48

200

-12 + 5 =

=-7

200

Adding Integers: You park in a garage 3 floors below ground level.  Then you get in the elevator and go up 12 floors.  What floor do you get off the elevator?

9th floor

200

-19 - ( 15) =

-34

200

What is absolute value?

The number away from zero

200

What is the absolute value of |92|?

92

300

-16 + (-17) =

-33

300

Adding Integers: Stephanie has $152 in the bank. she withdraws $20 then deposits $84.  How much money does Stephanie have in the bank?

$216

300

71 - (-14) =

85

300

When you find a sum you are ________.

When you find the difference you are _____________.

Adding

Subtracting

300

What is the absolute value of -|12|

-12

400

-5 + (5) - 19 =

-19

400

Subtracting Integers:  You are 5 dollars in debt. You borrow 12 dollars more. What is the total amount of your debt?

You owe 17 dollars

(-17)

400

-14 - (14) =

-28

400

What is an Integer?

A whole number that can be negative or positive

400

|-5 |____-10

>  Greater than

500

-8+(-4)+12

0

500

Subtracting Integers: An airplane takes off and then climbs 2500 feet. After 20 minutes, the airplane descends 150 feet.  What is the airplane's current height?

2350 ft.

500

-32 - (-14) =

-18

500

What is an additive inverse?

The same numbers that when added together equal 0 because they are opposites.

500

Put in order from least to greatest


|-2|, 10, -4, 3

-4, |-2|, 3, 10

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