Integer Operations
Word Problems
Vocabulary
Which Way?
Absolute Value
100

Solve 

4 + (-20)

-20 + 4

-20 - 4

4 - (-20)

-16, -16, -24, 24

100

A football team loses 5 yards on the first play and then loses another 8 yards on the second play. 

What value could be used to represent their total change in position?

-13 (loss of 13 yards)

100

Give 2 examples of mathematical opposites. 

+5 and -5

100

When adding zero, + 0, you move in which direction on the number line?

a) towards the positive

b) towards the negative

c) you do not move at all

c

100

What is the absolute value of |-48|?

48

200

-12 + 5 =

-12 - 5 =

-7 and -17

200

You park in a garage 3 floors below ground level.  Then you get in the elevator and go up 12 floors. 

1. What values could be used to show your change in floors? 

When you finally get off the elevator, what floor are you on?

-3 and +12 

The 9th floor

200

What is absolute value?

The number away from zero

200

When adding a positive number, for example, + 1, you move in which direction on the number line?

a) towards the negative

b) towards the positive

c) you do not move at all

b

200

What is the absolute value of |92|?

92

300

-16 - (-17) =

-16 - 17 =

1 and -33
300

Stephanie has $152 in the bank. She withdraws $20 then deposits $84. 

What values can be used to represent her withdrawal and deposit?

Write 2 addition equations to represent the changes to her bank account. 

-20 and 84

216 + (-20) = $196

196 + 84 = $280

300

When you find a sum you are ________.

When you find the difference you are _____________.

Adding

Subtracting

300

When adding a negative number, for example, +(-1), you move in which direction on the number line?

a) towards the negative

b) towards the positive

c) you do not move at all


a

300

What is the absolute value of -|12|

-12

400

-5 + (5) - (-19) =

-19

400

You are $5.86 in debt. You borrowed 12.94 dollars more. 

What is the total amount of your debt?

Write an addition equation and a subtraction express to represent this situation

$18.80

-5.86 + (-12.94)

-5.86 - 12.94 


400

What is an integer?

A whole number that can be negative or positive

400

When subtracting a positive number, for example, 

- 1, you move in which direction on the number line?

a) towards the negative

b) towards the positive

c) you do not move at all

a

400

Greater than, Less than or =


-5 ____ l-10l _____10

< and =

500

-8 + (-4) + (-3) + 12 - (-3)

0

500

Ojos del Salado is the highest mountain in Chile, with a peak at about 6800 meters above sea level. The Atacama Trench, just off the coast of Peru and Chile, is about 8100 meters below sea level (at its lowest point). 

  1. What is the difference in elevation between Mount Ojos del Salado and the Atacama Trench?
  2. What elevation is halfway between the peak of Mount Ojos del Salado and the Atacama Trench?

1. 14,900 meters

2. -650 meters

500

What is an additive inverse (zero pair)?

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

500

When subtracting a negative number, for example, 

- (-1), you move in which direction on the number line?

a) towards the negative

b) towards the positive

c) you do not move at all

b

500

Put in order from least to greatest


|-2|, 10, -4, 3, 0, -18, l-29l

-18, -4, 0, |-2|, 3, 10, l-29l

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