Adding Integers Word Problems Practice 4
Authored by Jason Hill
Mathematics
7th Grade
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This quiz focuses on adding integers through real-world word problems, targeting 7th grade mathematics students. The problems require students to understand positive and negative integers as they relate to gains and losses, deposits and withdrawals, temperature changes, and directional movement. Students must demonstrate proficiency in translating contextual situations into mathematical expressions using integers, understanding that losses, withdrawals, decreases, and downward movements are represented by negative numbers while gains, deposits, increases, and upward movements are positive. The core mathematical reasoning involves recognizing when to add positive integers, when to add negative integers, and how to add integers with different signs. Students need to understand absolute value in the context of distance, interpret mathematical expressions in real-world contexts, and perform accurate integer addition calculations while maintaining awareness of what their mathematical results mean in the original problem context. Created by Jason Hill, a Mathematics teacher in the US who teaches grade 7. This quiz serves as an excellent tool for reinforcing integer operations after initial instruction, providing students with meaningful practice that connects abstract mathematical concepts to everyday situations they can understand and relate to. Teachers can implement this quiz as a formative assessment to gauge student understanding before moving to more complex integer operations, use it as homework to reinforce classroom learning, or deploy it as a warm-up activity to review previously taught concepts. The variety of contexts—from sports and banking to temperature and elevators—ensures students see the broad applicability of integer addition in real life. This assessment directly supports 7.NS.A.1 and 7.NS.A.3, as students apply and extend previous understandings of addition to add rational numbers and solve real-world problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Bob lost 5 points on page one of his math test and he lost 9 points on page two of his math test. Which equation best describes Bob progress on his math test?
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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
Tags
CCSS.7.NS.A.1C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A soccer team is having a car wash. The team spent $55 on supplies. They earned $275, including tips. The team’s profit is the amount the team made after paying for supplies. Write a sum of integers that represents the team’s profit.
Tags
CCSS.7.NS.A.1C
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Rebecca has overdrawn her checking account by $43. Her bank then charges her $15 as an overdraft fee. Rebecca then quickly deposited $83. What is her current balance?
Tags
CCSS.7.NS.A.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Smith Elevator Company wants to monitor elevator usages in a new building downtown. An onboard computer adds a positive one for every floor the elevator goes up and adds a negative one for every floor the elevator goes down. During the one half-hour period the onboard computer shows the following pattern:
Determine the total number of floors the elevator has traveled.
9
24
39
15
Tags
CCSS.7.NS.A.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Points R and S are shown on this number line.
Which expression is equivalent to the distance between R and S?
-4 + 2
-4 - 2
|-4 + 2|
|-4 - 2|
Tags
CCSS.7.NS.A.1C
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Peter made two transactions today at his bank. Which is the most likely meaning of the sum -47.27 + 598 = 550.73 in terms of Peter's bank account?`
Peter deposited $47.27 and withdrew $598, decreasing his bank account by $550.73
Peter deposited $47.27 and withdrew $598, increasing his bank account by $550.73
Peter withdrew $47.27 and deposited $598, decreasing his bank account by $550.73
Peter withdrew $47.27 and deposited $598, increasing his bank account by $550.73
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CCSS.7.NS.A.3
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