Adding Rational Numbers

-2 + 4 

• -2
• 2
• 0
• -4

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3 + -7

• 10
• 4
• -10
• -4

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6

-14 + (-3)

• -17
• 11
• -11
• 17

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6

-22 + (-9)

• -11
• -31
• 11
• 31

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6

33 + (-38)

• -5
• 5
• 71
• -71

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28 + (-30)

• -2
• 2
• 58
• -58

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

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

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

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CCSS.6.NS.C.6

CCSS.6.NS.C.7

CCSS.6.NS.C.8

At 2pm, the temperature was 15 degrees. By midnight, the temperature dropped by 30 degrees. What is the temperature at midnight?

• 45 degrees
• -45 degrees
• 15 degrees
• -15 degrees

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When you add opposites, what do you get?

• 0
• A negative number
• Attraction
• You cannot add opposites

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