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LESSON
Adding Integers with Different Signs
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Practice and Problem Solving: D

Show the addition on the number line. Then write the sum. The first
one is done for you.
1. 2 + (−3) 2. −3 + (−4)

−1
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Find each sum. The first one is done for you.

3. 4 + (−9) 4. 7 + (−8) 5. −2 + 1

−5
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6. 5 + 7 7. 9 + (−5) 8. −1 + 9

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9. 2 + (−7) 10. −6 + (−4) 11. −15 + 9

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Solve. The first one is done for you.

5°F
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13. At 3 P.M., the temperature was 9°F. By 11 P.M., it had dropped 31°F.
What was the temperature at 11 P.M.?

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14. A submarine submerged at a depth of −40 feet dives 57 feet more.

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15. An airplane cruising at 20,000 feet drops 2,500 feet in altitude. What is
the airplane’s new altitude?

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 2. a. negative 7. −2
b. 7 + 1 = 8 8. 4
c. −8 9. 8
3. a. negative 10. 2
b. 5 + 2 = 7 11. 43
c. −7 12. 21
4. a. positive 13. −29
b. 6 + 4 = 10 14. −10
c. 10 15. 11°F
5. −13 16. 3 yards
6. −16 17. −9 points
7. 37 18. a. negative
8. −41 b. loss of 6, or −6
9. −24 Practice and Problem Solving: C
10. 52 1. negative; −10
Reading Strategies 2. positive; 5
1. Each counter represents −1. 3. negative; −7
2. Each counter represents a dollar that 4. positive; 5
Sarah withdrew. The counters make it is 5. positive; 6
easier to see how many dollars Sarah
withdrew each day. 6. positive; 15
3. You can simply count the counters to find 7. negative; −1
the sum. 8. positive; 1
4. −3 + (−5) + (−4) + (−1) = −13 9. the same sign as the integers
10. It is the sign of the integer whose absolute
Success for English Learners
value is greater.
1. positive counters
11. −15
2. because you are adding a negative
number 12. −24
3. Answers will vary. Sample answer: Erica 13. 13
bought stamps three times this week. She 14. −30
bought 5 stamps on Monday, 3 stamps on 15. 0
Wednesday, and 4 stamps on Friday.
How many stamps did Erica buy this 16. −18
week? (5 + 3 + 4 + 12) 17. −5°F
LESSON 1-2 18. $150
19. Rita; 11 points
Practice and Problem Solving: A/B
1. −1 Practice and Problem Solving: D
2. 1 1. −1
3. 5 2. −7
4. −1 3. −5
5. −1 4. −1
6. −3 5. −1
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 6. 12 LESSON 1-3
7. 4
Practice and Problem Solving: A/B
8. 8
1. −5
9. −5
10. −10
11. −6
2. 6
12. 5°F
13. −22°F
14. −97 ft
15. 17,500 ft 3. −10
Reteach 4. 5
1. subtract; the numbers have different 5. −4
signs 6. 24
2. negative 7. 0
3. 4 8. 46
4. −5 9. −1
5. −1 10. 42
6. −4 11. −6
7. 2 12. −26
8. −5 13. 30

9. 9 14. −5
15. 9°C
10. −10
16. 14°F
11. −16
17. 4°C
12. Sample answer: I look at 3 and 9 and see
that 9 > 3. Since the sign on 9 is negative, 18. 7°C
the answer is negative. 19. 240°C
Reading Strategies Practice and Problem Solving: C
1. 0 1. 16
2. right; 6 2. −22
3. left; 4 3. 7
4. 2 4. 0
5. 0 5. 29
6. left; 5 6. 9
7. left; 3 7. −2
8. −8 8. 0
Success for English Learners 9. −10
1. negative number 10. when x < y
2. No, the sum can be positive or negative. 11. when x > y
3. negative 12. 12°F, −2°F
4. positive 13. Pacific; 2,400 m

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