Integer Word Problems

Simply the following"

A seagull is flying 92 metres above the water. A giant squid is swimming 29 metres below sea level. What distance separates the two animals as the bird flies directly over the squid?

Sophie and Dima were hiking in the mountains. Dima decides to have a nap after lunch. Sophie decides to continue hiking around the trails while Dima is sleeping. On her hiking trail, there were some up and downs. She starts with a 7m drop from their lunch site. Then the trail went up 8m, down 4m, down 2m, up 2m and finally dropped down another 12m. At this point, Sophie stops to have a rest and a drink of water. What is the difference in elevation between Sophie and Dima while she is taking her break?

Maïa was playing a video trivia game. For every correct answer she received 3 points, for every wrong answer 2 points were taken away and for every answer she left blank she lost 1 point. Out of 25 questions, she answered 17 correctly and left 4 blank. What score did Maïa receive at the end of the game?

Emily has a certain amount in her bank account at the beginning of the week. During this week she went shopping and spent $248. She worked three evenings at a book store and received a payment of $45 for each night she worked. Friday night she went out to the movies with her friends and spent $28. Saturday night she went out to dinner and spent $26. At the end of the week her bank account was overdrawn by $20. How much money did Emily have in her bank account at the beginning of this week?

Find the missing number:

–6 × ? –7 = 11

At the beginning of the month Marie had $43 in her piggy bank.  She took out $3 four times to buy snacks from tuck. The second week she did two chores and was paid $4 for each chore. In the third week she paid $38 for makeup for her Halloween costume. How much money does Marie have in her piggy bank now?

 Amelia had $3 400 in her account. She withdrew $1 700 for rent and the following four days withdrew $60 per day for daily expenses. For how many more days could she continue to withdraw the $60 per day for daily expenses?

Given the years of birth and death of the following people, who lived the longest?

• John: born in 425 B.C.E. and died in 345 B.C.E.

• Peter: born in 67 B.C.E. and died in 29 C.E.

• Charles: born in 98 B.C.E. and died in 42 B.C.E.

• Alexander: born in 1933 C.E. and died in 2000 ~

  C.E.