PROBLEM SOLVING

1. An elevator is on the twentieth floor. It goes down 11 floors and then up 5 floors.
What floor is the elevator on now?
2. Josie has $47 left on her checking account. If she writes a check for $55, what will
Josie’s balance be?
3. It will be – 12º tonight. The weatherman predicts it will be 25º warmer by noon
tomorrow. What will the temperature be by noon tomorrow?
4. Pythagoras was born about 582 BC. Isaac Newton was born in 1643 AD. How
many years apart were they born?
5. The city’s budget is $8,000,000. The city actually spends $12,000,000.What is the
city’s deficit?
Compute.
1. –9 +13 2. (–7)(–5) 3. 18 – (–6)
4. –3 – (–7) 5. –9 – 18 6. 8(–7)
7. –18 + (–13) 8. –9 x (–5) 9. –19 + 11
10. 6 – (–15) 11. –54 ÷ (–6) 12. | –8 | – (–3)
13. –19 + (–7) 14. | –5 | – |–9 | 15. –19 x | –3 |
Compute.
1. – 5 x 7 2. 18 ÷ (–6) 3. 14 x (–2)
4. – 5 x (–11) 5. 7(–4) 6. –42 ÷ (–3)
7. 40 ÷ (–5) 8. –9(8) 9. (–8)(–3)
10. –30 x (–4) 11. –48 ÷ 16 12. 15(–4)
13. 24 ÷ (–8) 14. –90 ÷ (-5) 15. –12 x –3
Subtract.
1. 5 – 9 2. –5 – 4 3. –7 – 9
4. 3 – (–7) 5. –18 – (–19) 6. 43 – (–15)
7. 28 – 41 8. –32 – 15 9. –11 – (–42)
10. –18 – 7