3.2 Add Integers
Two-color counters as a model for signed sums, rules for like and unlike signs, and evaluating variable expressions at negative values.
60 exercises
3.2 Exercise 1
Before you get started, take this readiness quiz.
Evaluate when
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3.2 Exercise 2
Before you get started, take this readiness quiz.
Simplify:
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3.2 Exercise 3
Before you get started, take this readiness quiz.
Translate the sum of and negative into an algebraic expression.
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3.2 Exercise 19
Simplify:
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3.2 Exercise 20
Simplify each expression:
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3.2 Exercise 21
Simplify each expression:
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3.2 Exercise 22
Simplify:
3.2 Exercise 23
Simplify the expression:
3.2 Exercise 24
Simplify the expression:
3.2 Exercise 25
Simplify:
3.2 Exercise 26
Simplify the expression:
3.2 Exercise 27
Simplify the expression:
3.2 Exercise 29
Evaluate each expression for the given values:
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3.2 Exercise 30
Evaluate each expression for the given values: when
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3.2 Exercise 32
When evaluate
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3.2 Exercise 33
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3.2 Exercise 35
Evaluate the expression:
3.2 Exercise 36
Evaluate the expression:
3.2 Exercise 38
Evaluate:
when and
3.2 Exercise 39
Evaluate:
when and
3.2 Exercise 40
Translate and simplify: the sum of and
3.2 Exercise 41
Translate and simplify the expression:
the sum of and
3.2 Exercise 42
Translate and simplify the expression:
the sum of and
3.2 Exercise 43
Translate and simplify: the sum of and increased by
3.2 Exercise 44
Translate and simplify:
the sum of and increased by
3.2 Exercise 45
Translate and simplify:
the sum of and increased by
3.2 Exercise 46
The temperature in Buffalo, NY, one morning started at below zero Fahrenheit. By noon, it had warmed up What was the temperature at noon?
3.2 Exercise 47
The temperature in Chicago at 5 A.M. was below zero Celsius. Six hours later, it had warmed up What is the temperature at 11 A.M.?
3.2 Exercise 48
A scuba diver was swimming below the surface and then dove down another What is her new depth?
3.2 Exercise 49
A football team took possession of the football on their In the next three plays, they lost gained and then lost On what yard line was the ball at the end of those three plays?
3.2 Exercise 50
The Bears took possession of the football on their In the next three plays, they lost gained then lost On what yard line was the ball at the end of those three plays?
3.2 Exercise 51
The Chargers began with the football on their They gained lost and then gained on the next three plays. Where was the ball at the end of these plays?
3.2 Exercise 60
Simplify each expression.
3.2 Exercise 62
Simplify each expression.
3.2 Exercise 64
Simplify each expression.
3.2 Exercise 66
Simplify each expression.
3.2 Exercise 68
Simplify each expression.
3.2 Exercise 70
Simplify each expression.
3.2 Exercise 72
Simplify each expression.
3.2 Exercise 74
Simplify each expression.
3.2 Exercise 76
Evaluate each expression.
when
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3.2 Exercise 78
Evaluate each expression.
when
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3.2 Exercise 80
Evaluate each expression.
When evaluate:
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3.2 Exercise 82
Evaluate each expression.
When evaluate:
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3.2 Exercise 84
Evaluate each expression.
when, ,
3.2 Exercise 86
Evaluate each expression.
when, ,
3.2 Exercise 88
Evaluate each expression.
when, ,
3.2 Exercise 90
Evaluate each expression.
when, ,
3.2 Exercise 92
Translate each phrase into an algebraic expression and then simplify.
The sum of and
3.2 Exercise 94
Translate each phrase into an algebraic expression and then simplify.
more than
3.2 Exercise 96
Translate each phrase into an algebraic expression and then simplify.
added to
3.2 Exercise 98
Translate each phrase into an algebraic expression and then simplify.
more than the sum of and
3.2 Exercise 100
Translate each phrase into an algebraic expression and then simplify.
the sum of and increased by
3.2 Exercise 102
Solve.
Temperature The temperature in St. Paul, Minnesota was at sunrise. By noon the temperature had risen What was the temperature at noon?
3.2 Exercise 104
Solve.
Credit Cards Lupe owes on her credit card. Then she charges more. What is the new balance?
3.2 Exercise 106
Solve.
Football A team lost the first play. Then they lost gained and then lost What was the change in overall yardage over the four plays?
3.2 Exercise 108
Solve.
Football The Rams took possession of the football on their own In the next three plays, they lost gained then lost On what yard line was the ball at the end of those three plays?
3.2 Exercise 110
Solve.
Scuba Diving A scuba diver swimming below the surface dove deeper; the pressure got to them and they rose five feet. What is their new depth?
3.2 Exercise 112
Stock Market The week of September 15, 2008, was one of the most volatile weeks ever for the U.S. stock market. The change in the Dow Jones Industrial Average each day was:
What was the overall change for the week?
3.2 Exercise 114
Explain why the sum of and is negative, but the sum of and and is positive.
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