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

Henry starts the day with $30. He and his sister go to the fair. He pays for his own admission of $10, but fails to notice that $15 falls out of his wallet while he is paying. His sister lends him $10 so that he can still enjoy the fair. Write the equation that illustrates his day's financial events.

• 30 - 10 - 5 + 10 =

• 30 - 15 + 10 =

• 30 - 10 - 15 + 10 =

• 30 + 10 - 15 =

Karen opens a credit account to purchase a new bed. She makes a down payment of $200 on a $1,000 bed. What is her financial situation?

• Karen owes $600 on her bed.

• Karen owes $1000 on her bed.

• Karen owes $200 on her bed.

• Karen owes $800 on her bed.

Felicia owes her dad $5.00. She earns $12.00 doing chores. How much did Felicia receive after her dad took out what she owed him?

• $7.00

• $5.00

• $9.00

• $6.00

An elevator started at the first floor and went up 18 floors. It then came down 11 floors and went back up 16. At what floor was it stopped?

• 17th floor

• 20th floor

• 23rd floor

• 19th floor

At midnight, the temperature was 30 degrees. By 6:00 a.m, it had dropped 5 degrees, and by noon, it had increased by 11 degrees. What was the temperature at noon? 

• 36 degrees

• 27 degrees

• 39 degrees

• 16 degrees

Some number added to 5 is equal to -11. What is that number?

• 11

• -15

• 6

• -16

From the top of a mountain to the floor of the valley below is 4,392 feet. If the valley is 93 feet below sea level, what is the height of the mountain?

• 4,485 feet

• 4,299 feet

• 4,537 feet

• 4,297

During one week, the stock market did the following: Monday rose 18 points, Tuesday rose 31 points, Wednesday dropped 5 points, Thursday rose 27 points and Friday dropped 38 points. If it started out at 1,196 on Monday, what did it end up on Friday?

• 1,213

• 1,425

• 1,198

• 1,229

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