Adding Integer Word problems

A shark is swimming 45 feet below the surface of the ocean. A fish is swimming 13 feet below the shark. How far below the surface of the water is the fish?

• -58 feet

• 58 feet

• 32 feet

• -32 feet

The temperature was 98 degrees last Friday. Wednesday it was 24 degrees cooler. Which expression represents the relationship in the temperature between Friday and Wednesday?

• (-98) + (-24)

• -98 + - 24

• 98 + 24

• 98 + (-24)

In City A the temperature between 8 am and 9 am was - 12 degrees. It increased 8 degrees between 9 am and 10 am. What was the temperature at 10 am?

• 4 degrees

• -4 degrees

• 20 degrees

• -20 degrees

Miranda's ice cream was - 32 degrees when she started eating. She got a phone call and stopped eating to talk on the phone. The ice cream had warmed by 17 degrees when she returned. What value represents the temperature change of the ice cream after the phone call?

• 15 degrees

• 17 degrees

• -15 degrees

• -17 degrees

A submarine was 1250 meters below the surface of the water. It rose 750 meters. What value represents its position relative to the surface after rising?

• -500 meters

• 500 meters

• 750 meters

• 1250 meters

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

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

A bird was flying 60 feet above the ocean. It dove down to the surface of the ocean to catch a fish and returned to its original position. What value represents the change in altitude of the bird?

• -0 feet

• -60 feet

• 60 feet

• 0 feet

At sunrise, the outside temperature was 1° below zero. By lunch time, the temperature rose by 17° and then fell by 4° by night. What was the temperature at the end of the day? 

• 14°
• 13°
• 12°
• 11°

When adding a NEGATIVE number and NEGATIVE number,  your result will be...

• Positive
• Negative
• The sign of the larger absolute value
• The sign of the smaller absolute value