Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers Practice Test

Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers Practice Test

Multiple Choice

What does the absolute value symbol look like?

Multiple Choice

∣-5∣ _____ ∣5∣

• <
• >
• =

Multiple Choice

|-6| ___ -4

• <
• >
• = 

Multiple Choice

-|9| + |-5|

• -14

• 14

• -4

• 4

Multiple Choice

-|20 - 6|

• 14

• -14

• 26

• -26

Multiple Choice

(-3.67) - (-10.2)

• -6.67

• 6.67

• -13.57

• 6.53

Multiple Choice

A recipe calls for 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/3 cup of cinnamon. What is the measure of the two ingredients combined?

• 5/6 cup

• 2/5 cup

• 1/6 cup

• 1/5 cup

Multiple Choice

The temperature outside was 15 degrees. It dropped to -12 degrees at night. How much did the temperature change?

• -3 degrees

• -27 degrees

• 3 degrees

• 27 degrees

Multiple Choice

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.

• -9 + (-22) = -13
• 9 + (-22) = 13
• 9 + (-22) = -13
• none

Multiple Choice

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 are the diver and the fisherman?

• 28 feet
• -28 feet
• 52 feet
• -52 feet

Multiple Choice

Which problem represents the model?

• 4 + (-6) = -2

• 4 + (-2) = 2

• 4 + 6 = 10

• 4 - 2 = -2

Multiple Select

• -6/9 - (-7/9)

• -2.25 - (-3)

• 2.3 + (-2.4)

• 4 - (-2)

• -1/2 + (-3/4)

Multiple Choice

The winter of 2015 was the coldest one on record for several cities in Michigan.   The chart below   shows the low temperatures for some cities in February. Which city had the warmest temperature?

• Detroit
• Flint
• Lansing
• Ann Arbor

Multiple Choice

In which situation is the distance between the numbers make 0?

• Juan spent $20. The next day he earned $10 per hour for 2 $\frac{1}{2}$ hours of babysitting.

• Erica deposited $75 into her savings account. She withdrew $75 the following week.

• The predicted high temperature for the winter day is 7 $\degree$ C and the predicted low temperature is -6 $\degree$ C. 

  $\degree$

• A deep-sea diver descends 15, pauses, and descends another 15 meters.

Multiple Choice

Which statement is true?

• The absolute value of 3 is -3
• The opposite of 7 is 7
• The absolute value of 5 is equal to the opposite of 5
• The opposite of -4 is equal to the absolute value of -4