Grade 5 Math: Operations with Integers

Operations with Integers

Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show your work where necessary.

1. When you add a positive integer and a negative integer, the sign of the answer depends on the integer with the larger   value.

2. Subtracting a negative integer is the same as   a positive integer.

3. The product of two negative integers is always a   integer.

4. Any integer divided by zero is  .

1. What is the result of -5 + 8?

2. Which expression is equivalent to 7 - (-2)?

1. Evaluate: -12 + (-5)

2. Calculate: 9 - 15

3. Find the product: -6 × 4

4. Divide: -20 ÷ (-5)

1. The sum of two negative integers is always negative.

2. When multiplying a positive integer by a negative integer, the product is always positive.

1. The temperature in Anchorage, Alaska, was -10°F in the morning. By afternoon, it rose by 7°F. What was the temperature in the afternoon?

2. A submarine is at a depth of -200 feet. It ascends 50 feet. What is its new depth?

Use the number line to show the operation: 3 + (-5)