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Word Problems
100

Find the sum 

(-6)+(+18)

12

100

3 - (-9) =

12

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

200

-14 + -8 =

=-22

200

-19 - ( 15) =

-34

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

300

-40 + (25) =

-15

300

-4 + (-6) = 

-10

300

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

216

400

104 + (-25)

79
400

-42 - 10

-52

400

Subtracting Integers:  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 difference between these two elevations?

27, 716 

500

-342 + (-875)

-1217

500

304 - 587

-283

500

Subtracting Integers: 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