Add Subtract Multiply or Divide Word Problems

Will your answer be positive or negative when you multiply -8 by 4?

• Negative

• Positive

10 + 20 - 6

• 24

• 36

• -24

• -36

Mr. Lemoi and Isaiah go fishing. Mr. Lemoi caught 4 fish. Isaiah caught 5 fish. 2 of the fish were too small so they threw them back into the water. All together how many fish did they keep?

• 7 fish

• 11 fish

• -7 fish

• 3 fish

Mr. Bojangles the spider caught 6 bugs in his web. He ate 2 on Monday and 3 more on Thursday. How many bugs are left in his web?

• 4

• -3

• 11

• 1

Newman borrows 20 dollars from Jerry. A week later he borrows another 20. Yesterday Newman paid Jerry back $5. What integer would be represent what Newman owes Jerry?

• -45 dollars

• -35 dollars

• -25 dollars

• -15 dollars

In training for a marathon, Homer tried to beat his average time per kilometer of 8:35 seconds. On Monday he was 10 seconds UNDER his average time. On Tuesday he was 15 seconds OVER his average time. On Wednesday he was 7 seconds UNDER his average time. What integer would best describe his OVERALL training time over the past 3 days?

• +32 seconds over his average time

• -12 seconds under his average time

• -2 seconds under his average time

• +18 seconds over his average time

Ash is trying really hard to catch 'em all but Team Rocket sometimes steals some of his pocket monsters. Over the last 4 weeks here's what has happened: Week 1: Ash caught 30 pocket monsters Week 2: Team Rocket stole 50. Week 3: Ash caught 15 more Week 4: Team Rocket stole 20 more By how many did Ash's pocket monsters change in the last 4 weeks.

• -35 pocket monsters in 4 weeks

• +25 pocket monsters in 4 weeks

• -25 pocket monsters in 4 weeks

• +35 pocket monsters in 4 weeks

What does the word "sum" mean?

• Add

• Subtract

• Multiply

• Divide

-7 - (-12)

• 5

• -5

• 19

• -19

WRITE AN EQUATION
Lilli spent half of her weekly allowance playing mini-golf. To earn more money her parents let her wash the car for $4. What is her weekly allowance if she ended with $12?

• -x/2 + 4 = 12

• x/2 - 4 = 12

• 12 - 4 = x

• 12 - 4 = -x/2