Integer Word Problems

Cara monitors a snail in her aquarium. She notes that this morning it crawled 1" up the glass. A few hours later, it crawled another 2" up the glass. Later, it crawled 4" down the glass. How far is the snail from where it started?

• 1" below where it started

• 3" above where it started

• 1" above where it started

• 2" below where it stared

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

A submarine is 500 feet below sea level. A hot air balloon is 8,550 feet above sea level. The submarine fires a missile at the hot air balloon. How far will the missile have to travel from the submarine to the hot air balloon?

• 9,050 feet

• 8,530 feet

• 8,050 feet

• 9,160 feet

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

A diver is located 150 feet below sea level. The diver descends 30 feet. What is the diver's new location?

• 50 feet above sea level

• 130 feet below sea level

• 100 feet below sea level

• 180 feet below sea level

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

A shark is swimming at 430 feet below sea level. The shark descends 90 feet and then ascends 300 feet. What is the sharks new location?

• 220 feet below sea level

• 640 feet below sea level

• 127 feet below sea level

• 342 feet below sea level

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

At 6am in Buffalo, the temperature was -13 degrees. By noon, the temperature was 27 degrees. How much did the temperature change?

• 23 degree change

• 14 degree change

• 40 degree change

• 32 degree change

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

An airplane started at 0 feet. It rose 21,000 feet at takeoff. It then descended 4,329 feet because of clouds. An oncoming plane was approaching, so it rose 6,333 feet. After the oncoming plane passed, it descended 8,453 feet, at what altitude was the plane flying?

• 16,732 feet

• 13,736 feet

• 14,551 feet

• 15,332 feet

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

In the football game on Friday night, the Patriots got the ball. On the first down, they gained 8 yards. The quarterback was sacked on the second down, and lost 12 yards. On the third down, they gained 14 yards. How many total yards did the team gain or lose in these three plays?

• + 12 yards

• -10 yards

• + 10 yards

• -4 yards

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3

Sonia went on a diving trip. On one of her dives, she descended 3 feet every minute for 5 minutes. How many feet below sea level was Sonia after 5 minutes?

• -3 x 5 = 15 ft.

• -3 x 5 = -15 ft.

• 3 + -5 = -2 ft

• 5 + -3 = 2 ft.

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

The first play of a football game resulted in a loss of 12 yards.  Then a penalty resulted in another loss of 5 yards.  What is the total loss or gain?

• a gain of 7 yards
• a loss of 7 yards
• a gain of 17 yards 
• a loss of 17 yards

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CCSS.7.NS.A.1C

The temperature on Sunday was -15^o C.  The temperature on Monday was 12 degrees less than the temperature on Sunday.  What was the temperature on Monday? 

• -27^o C
• 27^o C
• -3^o C
• 3^o C

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CCSS.7.NS.A.3