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The document contains 30 math word problems involving integers. The problems cover a range of topics including: representing positive and negative numbers on a number line; adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers; properties of integer operations; solving one-step and multi-step equations; comparing integers; and word problems involving profit/loss, temperature changes, and time/date calculations.

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INTEGERS

The document contains 30 math word problems involving integers. The problems cover a range of topics including: representing positive and negative numbers on a number line; adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing integers; properties of integer operations; solving one-step and multi-step equations; comparing integers; and word problems involving profit/loss, temperature changes, and time/date calculations.

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INTEGERS

Question 1.Following number line shows the temperature in degree Celsius (°C) at different places on
a particular day.

(a) Observe this number line and write the temperature of the places marked on it.
(b) What is the temperature difference between the hottest and the coldest places among the above?
(c) What is the temperature difference between Lahulspriti and Srinagar?
(d) Can we say temperature of Srinagar and Shimla taken together is less than the temperature at
Shimla? Is it also less than the temperature at Srinagar?
Question 2.In a quiz, positive marks are given for correct answers and negative marks are given for
incorrect answers. If Jack’s scores in five successive rounds were 25, -5, -10, 15 and 10, what was his
total at the end?
Question 3.At Srinagar temperature was -5°C on Monday and then it dropped by 2°C on Tuesday.
What was the temperature of Srinagar on Tuesday? On Wednesday, it rose by 4°C. What was the
temperature on this day?
Question 4.A plane is flying at the height of 5000 m above the sea level. At a particular point, it is
exactly above a submarine flowing 1200 m below the sea level. What is the vertical distance between
them?

Question 5.Mohan deposits ₹ 2,000 in a bank account and withdraws ₹ 1,642 from it, the next day. If
withdrawal of amount from the account is represented by a negative integer, then how will you
represent the amount deposited? Find the balance in Mohan’s account after the withdrawal.

Question 6.
Rita goes 20 km towards east from a point A to the point B. From B, she moves 30 km towards west
along the same road. If the distance towards east is represented by a positive integer, then how will
you represent her final position from A?

Question 7.In a magic square each row, column and the diagonal have the same sum. Check which of
the following is a magic square?

Question 8. Verify a – (-b) = a + b for the following values of a and b.


(i) a = 21, b = -18
(ii) a = -118, b = 125
(iii) a = 75, b = -84
(iv) a= 28, b = 11
Question 9.Use the sign of >, < or = in the box to make the statements true.

(a) (-8) +(-4) □(-8)-(-4)


(b) (-3) + 7 – (19) □ 15 – 8 + (-9)

(c) 23 + 41 □ 23 – 41

(d) 39 + (-24) – (15) □ 36 + (-52) – (-36)

(e) -231 + 79 + 51 □ -399 + 159 + 81

Question 10. A water tank has steps inside it. A monkey is sitting on the topmost step (i.e., the first
step). The water level is at the ninth step.
(i) He jumps 3 steps down and then jumps back 2 steps up. In how many jumps will he reach the
water level?
(ii) After drinking water, he wants to go back. For this, he jumps 4 steps up and then jumps back 2
steps down in every move. In how many jumps will he reach back the top step?

Question 11.Write down a pair of integers whose:


(a) sum is -7
(b) difference is -10
(c) sum is 0.
Question 12.
(a) Write a pair of negative integers whose difference gives 8.
(b) Write a negative integer and positive integer whose sum is -5.
(c) Write a negative integer and a positive integer whose difference is -3.
Question 13.In a quiz, team A scored -40, 10, 0 and team B scored 10, 0, -40 in three successive
rounds. Which team scored more? Can you say that we can add integers in any order?
Question 14.Fill in the blanks to make the following statements true:
(i) (-5) + (-8) = (-8) + (…)
(ii) -53 + … = -53
(iii) 17 + … = 0
(iv) [13 + (-12)] + (…) = 13 + [(-12) + (-7)]
(v) (-4) + [15 + (-3)] = [-4 + 15] + …
Question 15.Find the product, using suitable properties:
(a) 26 × (-48) + (-48) × (-36)
(b) 8 × 53 × (-125)
(c) 15 × (-25) × (-4) × (-10)
(d) (-41) × 102
(e) 625 × (-35) + (-625) × 65
(f) 7 × (50 – 2)
(g) (-17) × (-29)
(h) (-57) × (-19) + 57
Question 16. A certain freezing process requires that room temperature be lowered from 40°C at the
rate of 5°C every hour. What will be the room temperature 10 hours after the process begins?
Question 17. In a class test containing 10 questions, 5 marks are awarded for every correct answer
and (-2) marks are awarded for every incorrect answer and 0 for questions not attempted.
(i) Mohan gets four correct and si× incorrect answers. What is his score?
(ii) Reshma gets five correct answers and five incorrect answers, what is her score?
(iii) Heena gets two correct and five incorrect answers out of seven questions she attempts. What is
her score?
Question 18. A cement company earns a profit of ₹ 8 per bag of white cement sold and a loss of ₹ 5
per bag of grey cement sold.
(a) The company sells 3,000 bags of white cement and sold 5,000 bags of grey cement in a month.
What is its profit or loss?
(b) What is the number of white cement bags it must sell to have neither profit nor loss, if the number
of grey bags sold is 6,400 bags.

Question 19. Replace the blank with an integer to make it a true statement.
(a) (-3) × __ = 27
(b) 5 × __ = -35
(c) __ × (-8) = -56
(d) __ × (-12) = 132
Question 20. Find each of the following products:
(a) 3 × (-1)
(b) (-1) × 225
(c) (-21) × (-30)
(d) (-316) × (-1)
(e) (-15) × 0 × (-18)
(f) (-12) × (-11) × (10)
(g) 9 × (-3) × (-6)
(h) (-18) × (-5) × (-4)
(i) (-1) ×(-2) × (-3) × 4
(j) (-3) × (-6) × (-2) × (-1)
Question 21.Verify the following:
(a) 18 × [7 + (-3)] = [18 × 7] + [18 × (-3)]
(b) (-21) × [(-4) + (-6)] = [(-21) × (-4)] + [(-21) × (-6)]

Question 22.
(i) For any integer a, what is (-1) × a equal to?
(ii) Determine the integer whose product with (-1) is 0.
(a) -22
(b) 37
(c) 0
Question 23.Solve the following:
(i) (-8) × (-5) + (-6)
(ii) [(-6) × (-3)] + (-4)
(iii) (-10) × [(-13) + (-10)]
(iv) (-5) × [(-6) + 5]
Question 24.Using number line, find:
(i) 3 × (-5)
(ii) 8 × (-2)
Question 25. Solve the following:
(i) (-15) × 8 + (-15) × 4
(ii) [32 + 2 × 17 + (-6)] ÷ 15
Question 26. The sum of two integers is 116. If one of them is -79, find the other integers.
Question 27.If a = -35, b = 10 and c = -5, verify that:
(i) a + (b + c) = (a + b) + c
(ii) a × (b + c) = a × b + a × c
Question 28. Write down a pair of integers whose
(i) sum is -5
(ii) difference is -7
(iii) difference is -1
(iv) sum is 0
Question 29. Taking today as zero on the number line, if the day before yesterday is 17 January, what
is the date on 3 days after tomorrow?
Question 30.Fill in the blanks using < or >.
(a) -3 …… -4
(b) 6 ……. -20
(c) -8 …… -2
(d) 5 …… -7

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