Exploring Integer Addition and Subtraction

What are integers?

• Fractions and decimals

• Whole numbers and their opposites

• Only positive numbers

• Only negative numbers

In the football field analogy, if a team gains 10 yards and then loses 14 yards, where are they in reference to the starting point?

• At the starting point

• 10 yards behind

• 4 yards behind

• 4 yards ahead

If one person has $10,000 and another has a debt of $5,000, what is their combined total?

• $0

• $-5,000

• $5,000

• $15,000

When combining a negative and a positive integer, what should you do?

• Subtract the values and keep the sign of the smaller number

• Add the values and keep the sign of the smaller number

• Subtract the values and keep the sign of the larger number

• Add the values and keep the sign of the larger number

What happens when you combine two negative integers?

• You subtract the values and keep the sign

• You add the values and change the sign

• You add the values and keep the sign

• You subtract the values and change the sign

What is the result of -8 + 9?

• 17

• -17

• -1

• 1

What is the simplified form of -5,000 - 10,000?

• -15,000

• -5,000

• 15,000

• 5,000

What does a double sign of +(-9) simplify to?

• +9

• -9

• -(-9)

• +(-9)

What is the result of -7 + 10?

• -17

• 3

• -3

• 17

What is the result of -7 - (-10)?

• -17

• 17

• -3

• 3