Sum (+) of Integers
Word Problems
Find the Difference (-)
Negative integers
Worded Problems
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) =

12

100

-3 - (-2)=

-1

100

Mr H has $5 and spends $4 and then finds $10 on the floor. Write this as a complete equation (with an answer)

5 - 4 + 10 = 11

200

12 + 5 =

=17

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

7 - (-7)=

14

200

Mr H makes a number line in the class, he walks backwards 4 metres, forwards 3, backwards 8 and forwards 2. How far from his starting point is he?

-7 metres

300

16 + 17 =

33

300

Adding Integers: Stephanie has $152 in the bank. she withdraws $20 then deposits $84 in an addition expression to represent this situation find the sum.

216

300

71 - (-14) =

85

300

-21 - (-3)=

-18

300

What is negative five substract negative 7?

2

400

5 + 5 - 1 =

9

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

-66 - (-1)= 

-65

400

What is negative 8 subtract negative 3 add 4?

-1 

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

-2 - (-11) = 

9

500

Negative five, add three, subtracted by negative eight. 

If you were on a number line which number would you start at? Which number would you end on?

-5 and 6