Adding
Subtracting
Difference v Distance
Facts and Rules
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100


-6 + 18

12

100

3 - (-9) =

12

100

A scuba diver is swimming at 25 feet below sea level. A seagull is flying 10 feet above sea level. What is the distance between them?

35 feet

100

What is the rule for adding integers with the same sign?

a) The answer is always positive

b) Add the opposite

c) Add and keep the sign

C) add and keep the sign the same. 

100

10 - ___ = -8

+18

200

-14 + -8 =

=-22

200

-19 - ( 15) =

-34

200

You park in a garage 3 floors below ground level.  Then you get in the elevator and go up 12 floors.  What is the difference between where you started and where you got off?

-15 floors

200

The rule for subtracting integers is ... 

Subtracting a negative integer is like...

a) keep, change, keep

b) keep, change, change

c) subtract a positive 

b) keep, change, change

200

Fill in the blank with < , > or =

-8 __ -6 

-8 < -6 

300

-40 + (25) =

-15

300

-4 + (-6) = 

-10

300

Maya’s bank account is overdrawn; her balance is -20 dollars. Her friend, Leo, has $50 in his account. What is the difference in their balances if you compare Maya's account to Leo's?

-70 dollars

300

When you add two negative integers, the answer will always be (positive or negative?)

Negative

300

8 - ___ = 12 

-4

400

104 + (-25)

79
400

-42 - 10

-52

400

Mt. Everest, the highest elevation in Asia, is 29,028 feet above sea level. The Dead Sea, the lowest elevation, is 1,312 feet below sea level. What is the distance between these two elevations?

30,340 feet

400

Use our subtraction rule to change this problem:

-10 - 15

-10 + (-15)

400

__ + (-5) = 20 

+25

500

-342 + (-875)

-1217

500

30 - 58

-28

500

In the Sahara Desert one day it was 136 degrees fahrenheit. In the Gobi Desert a temperature of -50 degrees fahrenheit was recorded. What is the difference between these two temperatures?

186 degrees 

500

When you find a sum you are ________.

When you find the difference you are _____________.

adding and subtracting

500

−7+__=2

9

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