Sum (+) of Integers
Word Problems
Vocabulary
It's your choice
More Integer Addition
100

Find the sum 

4 + (-20)

-16

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

Numbers that are the same distance from zero but on the different sides of zero on the number line

Opposites

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

100

720 + (-150)

570

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


The distance a number is away from zero on a number line


Absolute Value
200

Be the first to raise your hand and you get a bonus!

Congratulations!

200

-300 + -812

-1112

300

-16 + (-17) =

-33

300

Adding Integers: Stephanie has $152 in the bank. She withdraws $20 then deposits $84 How much money is in her bank account?

216

300

When you find a sum you are ________.

When you find the difference you are _____________.

Adding

Subtracting

300
For which of the following can you NOT change the order in which you perform the operation?

a)addition

b)subtraction

c)multiplication

d)all of the above

b)subtraction

300

860 + 420

1280

400

-5 + (-19) + 5 

-19

400

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

What is the name for a negative or positive whole number?

Integer

400

Negative integers added to negative integers equal what?

More negative integers.

400

The first person to raise your hand can remove points from another team of their choice.

That's TOUGH!!!

500

-8+ (-4)+12

0

500

An airplane takes off and climbs to 2500 feet. After 20 minutes, the airplane descends 200 feet.  What is the airplane's current altitude?

2300 ft.

500

What do you get when you add or subtract two opposite integers together?

Zero Pairs

500

When adding many different integers together, what is a smart way to solve...

a) find zero pairs

b) add similar signs first

c) both a and b

c) both a and b

500

472 + -999

-527