Numerical Problems
What is the result of 5+(−3)?
2
A football team lost 5 yards on 4 consecutive plays. What is the total change in yards from where the team started?
-20
The first play of a football game resulted in a loss of 12 yards. Then a penalty resulted in another loss of 5 yards. What is the total loss or gain?
-17
A temperature starts at 3 degrees Celsius, drops 16 degrees, and then increases 24 degrees. What is the final temperature?
11 degrees
What does descend mean? Is it represented as negative or positive?
To go down. Negative
If you start with −2 and subtract 7, what is the result?
-9
A company loses $780 as a result of a shipping delay. The six owners of the company must share the loss equally. Write an integer to show the profit for each owner.
-130
A football team gained 9 yards on one play and then lost 22 yards on the next. Write a sum of integers to find the overall change in field position.
-13
A truck has 92 gallons of fuel. It uses 31 gallons and then refills 12 gallons. How much fuel is left?
73 gallons
What does compute mean?
To solve
Calculate - 4 - 6?
-10
The temperature drops 15 degrees over the course of 5 hours. What is the average change in temperature over the 5 hours?
-3
In Buffalo, New York, the temperature was -14°F in the morning. If the temperature dropped 7°F, what is the temperature now?
-21
Clarissa had $53 in her bank account. After buying a pair of shoes, her bank account balance is -$18. How much did the shoes cost?
$71
What does withdrawal mean? Is it represented as negative or positive?
To take money out. Negative
7 and 1/2 x -4
-30
Elise spends $5 a day on lunch for 5 days. How much does she spend each week?
-25
The temperature on Sunday was -15o C. The temperature on Monday was 12 degrees less than the temperature on Sunday. What was the temperature on Monday?
-27
A diver is 18 meters below sea level and then descends 56 more meters. How far does the diver have to swim to return to sea level?
74 meters
What does ascend mean? Is it represented as negative or positive?
To go up. Positive
MUST BE SIMPLIFIED
-1 and 2/5
A game show contestant starts a game by answering three questions incorrectly. Each incorrect answer costs the contestant $900. What integer would represent the point total for the contestant?
-27000
A diver was 40 feet below the surface of the water. A fisherman was casting off a dock right above the diver that was 12 feet above the surface of the water. How far apart (DISTANCE) are the diver and the fisherman?
52
A man bought a horse for $50 and sold it for $63. He then bought the horse back for $70 and sold it again for $55. What was the financial outcome of these transactions?
Loss of $2
What does deposit mean? Is it represented as negative or positive?
To put money in. Positive