Sum (+) of Integers
Absolute Value or (<,>)
Word Problems
Find the Difference (-)
Vocabulary
100

Find the sum 

4+16 = 

20

100

What is the absolute value of |-48|?

48

100

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

What are opposites?

A negative number and its positive 

200

-12 + 5 =

=-7

200

What is the absolute value of |92|?

92

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

-19 - ( 15) =

-34

200

What is absolute value?

The distance from zero

300

-16 + 17 =

1
300

What is the absolute value of |-12|?

12

300

Stephanie has $15 in the bank. She deposits 4 dollars into her account. Use an equation to represent this situation and find the sum.

15 + 4 = 19

300

71 - (-14) =

85

300

When you find a sum you are ________.

When you find the difference you are _____________.

Adding

Subtracting

400

-5 + (-13) = 

-18

400

-5 ____-10

>  Greater than

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

-14 - (14) =

-28

400

What is the rule for subtracting integers?

Keep, Change, Change

500

-8+(-4) = 

-12

500

Put in order from least to greatest


-2, 10, -4, 3

-4, -2, 3, 10

500

One morning in Cullowhee, the temperature was 19 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature over night reached -5 degrees Fahrenheit. What is the total change between the morning temperature and the night temperature?

24 degrees

500

-18 - (-14) =

-4

500

What are your two addition rules? What does each rule say?

Same Sign: Keep the sign and add the absolute values


Different Signs: Use the sign of the larger absolute value and subtract the absolute values