Add and Subtract Integers

Which situation could the integer -50 represent?

• An increase of $50 in a bank account
• The temperature on a warm spring day
• The distance driven on the way to the beach
• A decrease of 50 employees

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

If it is 85 degrees in California and -4 degrees in Nebraska, how many degrees warmer is it in California? 

• -89
• 81
• 89
• -81

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

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.7.NS.A.1C

How far apart are -7 and 4 on a number line?

• 11 spaces

• 3 spaces

• 14 spaces

• 9 spaces

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

You check the thermometer at 8:00 A.M. and the temperature reads 32 degrees Fahrenheit.  You check the temperature again and realized it had dropped 11 degrees. What is the current temperature?

• 43
• -21
• 21
• -43

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

During the week Jimmy spent $45 eating out, gained $55 mowing lawns and spent $15 on gas. What was Jimmy's change in dollars at the end of the week?

• $5
• - $5
• - $15
• $15

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

When we add a positive and a negative number, we must subtract first. How do we know which sign to use for our answer?

• chose the sign of the integer that has the larger value

• It will be the one that we see first

• It is always positive

• It is always negative

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Is the answer to the following problem positive, negative, or zero?
 $-15+1-9$  

• Postive

• Negative 

• Zero

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

Express an integer: a debt of $50

• 50
• -50

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5

Express as an integer:  at sea level

• 0
• -0
• 1
• -10

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CCSS.6.NS.C.5