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100

Find the sum 

(-6)+(+18)

12

100

3 - (-9) =

12

100

A football team loses 5 yards on one play and then loses 6 yards on the next play.  How many yards did they lose on the two plays?

They lost 11 yards

-11

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 floor do you get off the elevator?

9th floor

200

-3 and +3 are called what?

Additive Inverses

200

Fill in the blank with < , > or =

-8 __ -6 

-8 < -6 

300

-40 + (25) =

-15

300

-4 - (-6) = 

2

300

Mia has $152 in the bank. She withdraws $20, then deposits $84. How much does Mia now have?

216

300

When you add two negative integers, the answer will always be?

Negative

300

8 - ___ = 12 

-4

400

104 + (-25)

79
400

-42 - 10

-52

400

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  

400

Subtracting a negative integer is like...

a) adding a positive integer

b) adding a negative integer

c)subtracting a positive one

Adding a positive integer. 

400

__ + (-5) = 20 

+25

500

-342 + (-875)

-1217

500

304 - 587

-283

500

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. Write an expression that models the difference in elevation.

29,028 - (-1312)

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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