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Name ______________________________ Date _________________Integer Word Problems and ApplicationsWrite the number sentence that can be used to solve each problem. Then solve.1) A Scuba diver dives down 125 feet. Later, she rises 67 feet. How many feet below the water is she now?
Number sentence: _________________
Answer: ___________
2) The temperature in Alaska was 4oC at 1:00 A.M. The temperature decreases 2oC per hour. What was the temperature at 5:00A.M.?
Number sentence: _________________
Answer: ___________
3) You park in a garage 3 floors below ground level. Then you get in the elevator and go up 12 floors. What floor level are you now on?
Number sentence: _________________
Answer: ___________
4) The overnight temperature at the Arctic Circle was -14F. The temperature rose 8F during the day. What is the temperature now?
Number sentence: _________________
Answer: ___________
5) Peter is a wrestler. He weighs 156 pounds, but he would like to wrestle in a lower weight class. He loses 4 pounds one week, gains back 2 pounds the next week, loses 5 pounds the third week, and loses 3 pounds the fourth week. What is his weight now?
Number sentence: _________________Answer: ___________6) A research team aboard an underwater research vessel descends 1,500 feet beneath the surface of the water. They then rise 525 feet and descend again 350 feet. How many feet below the surface are they?
Number sentence: _________________
SHOW YOUR WORK:
SHOW YOUR WORK:
SHOW YOUR WORK:
SHOW YOUR WORK:
SHOW YOUR WORK:
SHOW YOUR WORK:
Answer: ___________
7) The highest recorded temperature on Earth was recorded in Africa at 136F. The lowest recorded temperature was -129F in Antarctica. What is the difference between these extreme temperatures?
Number sentence: _________________
Answer: ___________
8) The deepest point in Lake Michigan is -281 meters. The deepest part of Lake Erie is -64 meters. How much deeper is Lake Michigan than Lake Erie?
Number sentence: _________________
Answer: ___________
9) The population of a small town is changing at a rate of -25 people per year. How long will it take for the change in population to be -2040?
Number sentence: _________________
Answer: ___________
10) The temperature on a winter night in Kansas is -6° Celsius. The temperature decreases by 8° Celsius. What is the new temperature, in degrees Celsius ?
Number sentence: _________________
Answer: ___________
You may use a calculator to solve these problems – BUT – You MUST SHOW YOUR WORK!
1) A Scuba diver dives down 125 feet. Later, she rises 67 feet. How many feet below the water is she now
Answer: ___________
2) The temperature in Alaska was 4oC at 1:00 A.M. The temperature decreases 2oC per hour. What was the temperature at 5:00A.M.?
Answer: ___________
SHOW YOUR WORK:
SHOW YOUR WORK:
SHOW YOUR WORK:
SHOW YOUR WORK:
3) You park in a garage 3 floors below ground level. Then you get in the elevator and go up 12 floors. What floor level are you now on?
Answer: ___________
4) A research team aboard an underwater research vessel descends 1,500 feet beneath the surface of the water. They then rise 525 feet and descend again 350 feet. How many feet below the surface are they?
Answer: ___________
5) Peter is a wrestler. He weighs 156 pounds, but he would like to wrestle in a lower weight class. He loses 4 pounds one week, gains back 2 pounds the next week, loses 5 pounds the third week, and loses 3 pounds the fourth week. What is his weight now?
Answer: ___________6) The overnight temperature at the Arctic Circle was -14F. The temperature rose 8F during the day. What is the temperature now?
Answer: ___________
7) The highest recorded temperature on Earth was recorded in Africa at 136F. The lowest recorded temperature was -129F in Antarctica. What is the difference between these extreme temperatures?
Answer: ___________
8) The deepest point in Lake Michigan is -281 meters. The deepest part of Lake Erie is -64 meters. How much deeper is Lake Michigan than Lake Erie?
Answer: ___________
9) The population of a small town is changing at a rate of -25 people per year. How long will it take for the change in population to be -2040?
Answer: ___________
10) The temperature on a winter night in Kansas is -6° Celsius. The temperature decreases by 8° Celsius. What is the new temperature, in degrees Celsius ?
Answer: ___________