Adding and Subtracting Integers Easy

-9 + (-5)

• -14

• 14

• -4

Solve the problem.
-2 + (-5)

• 7

• -7

• -3

• 3

-14 + (-3)

• -17

• 11

• -11

• 17

3 + -7

• 10

• 4

• -10

• -4

Solve the problem.
-100 - 52

• -152

• 48

• -48

• 152

Solve the problem.
-42 - (-12)

• -30

• -54

• 30

• 54

Coach Bob’s football team lost 8 yards, gained 5 yards, and lost 2 yards on their first 3 plays from the line of scrimmage.
The team’s current position is ​​ (a)   yards relative to the original line of scrimmage.
The additive inverse,​ (b)   represents the number of yards the team needs to gain in order to return to the original line of scrimmage.

• -5

• 5

• 15

• -15

Solve the problem.
-16 - 4

• -20

• -12

• 20

• 12

Solve the problem.
5 - 8

• 3

• -3

• 13

• -13

Coach Bob’s football team lost 8 yards, gained 5 yards, and lost 2 yards on their first 3 plays from the line of scrimmage.
The team’s current position is ​​ (a)   yards relative to the original line of scrimmage.
The additive inverse,​ (b)   represents the number of yards the team needs to gain in order to return to the original line of scrimmage.

• -5

• 5

• 15

• -15