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subtract a positive number
subtract a negative integer
solving a problem
evaluate expression
mixed review
100
8 - 13
What is -5?
100
7 - (-3)
What is 10?
100
A starting balance in a savings account was $150. What was the balance after two withdrawals were made for $24 and $15.
What is $111.00?
100
m - (-2) if m = 4
What is 6?
100
-6 + 9 + (-8)
What is -5?
200
-4 - 10
What is -14?
200
-2 - (-4)
What is 2?
200
It takes about 6 hours for the ocean to move from low to high tide. High tide can change the width of the beach at a rate of -17 feet an hour. What is the change in the width of the beachfront from low to high tide?
What is -102 ft?
200
Evaluate x - y if x = -14 and y = -2
What is -12?
200
translate into algebraic expression the quotient of eight-six and b
What is 86/b?
300
-27 - 14
What is -41?
300
-2200 - (-3500)
What is 1201?
300
A submarine at 1300 meters below sea level descends an additional 1150 meters. What integer represent the submarines position with respect to sea level?
What is -2450?
300
Evaluate p + q - r if p = -11, q= 6, and r = -12
What is 7?
300
The freezing point of oxygen is 219 degrees below zero on the celsius scale. Use an integer to express this temperature.
What is -219 celsius?
400
When 5 is subtracted from a number, the result is -4. What is the number?
What is 1?
400
During January, the normal high temperature in Duluth, MN is 16 degrees F and the normal low temperature is -2 degrees F. Find the difference between the two temperatures.
What is 18 degrees F?
400
During the low tide, the beachfront in some places is about 350 feet from the ocean to the homes. At high tide, the water is much closer to the homes. It takes about 6 hours for the ocean to move from low to high tide. High tide can change the width of the beach at a rate of -17 feet an hour. What is the distance from the ocean to the homes at high tide?
What is 248 feet?
400
x - y - z if x = -3, y = 8, and z = -12
What is 1?
400
The product of two negative integers is
What is always positive?
500
Subtraction of integers is commutative. Give an example to make it true or false.
What is false? 3-4 does not equal 4-3
500
Subtraction of integers is associative State whether true or false and give an example.
What is false? (5-2) - 1 does not equal 5 - (2-1)
500
In the newspaper, AJ read the the low temperature of the day was expected to be -5 F and the high temperature was expected to be 8 F. What was the difference in the expected high and low temperature?
What is 13 F.?
500
z - y - x if x = -3, y = 8, and z = -12
What is -17?
500
The three states with the lowest recorded temperatures are alaska at -80, Utah at -69, and Montana at -70. Order the temperatures from least to greatest.
What is -80, -70, -69?