Adding and Subtracting Integers Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Calculate 9 - 14.
Negative five
Positive twenty-three
Positive four
Negative fourteen
2. Evaluate -8 + (-7).
Negative one
Positive eight
Negative fifteen
Negative fourteen
3. An elevator starts on floor 3 and travels down 8 floors. On which numbered floor does it stop?
Floor three
Floor eleven
Floor negative eight
Floor negative five
4. The temperature is -4°C and then falls by 9°C. What is the new temperature?
Five degrees Celsius
Nine degrees Celsius
Negative thirteen degrees Celsius
Negative four degrees Celsius
5. Which expression has the greatest value?
Negative five plus nine: -5 + 9
Seven minus twelve: 7 - 12
Negative two minus six: -2 - 6
Negative ten plus three: -10 + 3
6. The temperature changes from -6°C to 3°C. Which equation correctly calculates the amount of increase?
Subtract the final temperature from the initial one: -6 - 3 = -9
Subtract the initial temperature from the final one: 3 - (-6) = 9
Add the initial and final values: 3 + (-6) = -3
Subtract negative three from the initial value: -6 - (-3) = -3
7. An account balance is -$12. After a $20 deposit, what is the new balance?
A debt of twelve dollars
A balance of twenty dollars
A balance of eight dollars
A balance of thirty-two dollars
8. A student claims that -4 - 6 equals 2 because 6 - 4 = 2. Which explanation correctly identifies the error?
The two values should be added without considering either sign.
Subtracting six means moving six units left from negative four, producing negative ten.
The larger absolute value always determines both the operation and the sign.
A positive number being subtracted must automatically become positive addition.
9. On a number line, you start at 4, move 9 units left, and then move 3 units right. Where do you finish?
Negative two
Positive ten
Positive three
Negative eight
10. A diver is 3 meters below sea level, represented by -3. The diver descends another 6 meters. What is the new position relative to sea level?
Three meters below sea level
Nine meters below sea level
Two meters below sea level
Six meters above sea level
11. Which integer makes x + (-7) = 2 true?
Negative five
Positive seven
Negative two
Positive nine
12. What is -7 + 12?
Positive five
Negative nineteen
Negative six
Positive eighteen
13. Which statement about integer subtraction is always true?
Subtracting a positive integer always produces a positive result.
Adding a negative integer always produces a result below zero.
Changing the order of subtraction never changes the result.
Subtracting an integer is equivalent to adding its opposite.
14. A game score starts at 6. After a 5-point loss and one more change, the final score is -2. What was the second change?
A gain of three points
A loss of eight points
A loss of three points
A gain of nine points
15. Which expression correctly represents “subtract -5 from -2”?
Begin with negative five and subtract negative two: -5 - (-2)
Add negative five to negative two: -2 + (-5)
Begin with negative five and add negative two: -5 + (-2)
Begin with negative two and subtract negative five: -2 - (-5)
16. Which expression is equivalent to -13 - (-4)?
Combine both negative signs: -13 + (-4)
Add the opposite of negative four: -13 + 4
Reverse the two terms: -4 - (-13)
Remove the first negative sign: 13 - 4