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Grade 8 Mathematics

Unit 2 Assignment #1

Selected Response
Circle the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Let one white tile represent +1 and one black tile represent −1.
What sum does this set of tiles model? Write the addition equation.

A. (−4) + (+3) = –1 C. (+4) + (+3) = +3

B. (−3) + (+4) = +1 D. (+3) + (+4) = +7

2. Let one white tile represent +1 and one black tile represent −1.
What sum does this set of tiles model? Write the addition equation.

A. (−6) + (+2) = –4 C. (+6) + (−2) = +4

B. (+6) + (+2) = +8 D. (+6) + (+2) = +6

3. Let one white tile represent +1 and one black tile represent −1.
What sum is modelled by 6 white tiles and 2 black tiles?
A. +7 B. +4 C. –4 D. +8

4. Let one white tile represent +1 and one black tile represent −1.
What sum is modelled by 19 positive tiles and 16 negative tiles?
A. +4 B. +35 C. +3 D. –3

5. Find the sum.

(+3) + (+2)
A. –5 B. –1 C. +5 D. +1

6. Find the sum.

(–9) + (–3)
A. +12 B. –12 C. –6 D. +6
 7. Add.
(−8) + (+12)
A. +4 B. −4 C. +20 D. −20

8. Add.

A. –1 B. +1 C. +21 D. –21

9. Add.

A. –13 B. –3 C. +3 D. +13

10. Find the sum.

(–12) + (+5)
A. –7 B. +7 C. +17 D. –17

11. Find the sum.

(+6) + (–4)
A. +2 B. –2 C. +10 D. –10

12. Find the sum.

(+5) + (+4) + (–4)
A. +5 B. +13 C. +1 D. –3

13. Write an addition equation modelled by the number line.

–7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

A. (+2) + (+3) = +5 C. (+2) + (−3) = −1

B. (+2) + (−3) = +1 D. (−3) + (+2) = +5
14. Use a number line to add: (+6) + (–3). Write the addition equation.
A.

–10 –8 –6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6 8 10

(+6) + (–3) = +3
B.

–10 –8 –6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6 8 10

(+6) + (–3) = –3
C.

–10 –8 –6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6 8 10

(+6) + (–3) = +9
D.

–10 –8 –6 –4 –2 0 2 4 6 8 10

(+6) + (–3) = +2

15. The temperature is 15°C and drops 8°C.

Write an addition equation to calculate the final temperature. What is the final temperature?
A. (+15) + (−8) = +7; 7°C C. (+15) + (+8) = +9; 9°C
B. (+8) + (−15) = –7; –7°C D. (+8) + (+15) = +23; 23°C

16. Ryan owns a small business. He made a profit of $7 on Saturday and lost $10 on Sunday.
Find the total profit or loss for the weekend.
A. $3 loss B. $17 loss C. $17 profit D. $3 profit

17. In a golf tournament, Jake got a score of +11 and Morgan got a score of –5.
What was their combined score?
A. –16 B. +16 C. –6 D. +6

18. During the day the temperature was . At night, the temperature dropped .
What was the temperature at night?
A. –6 B. –12 C. 6 D. 12

19. Atoms contain charged particles called protons and electrons.

Each proton has a charge of +1, and each electron has a charge of −1.
A sulfur ion has 16 protons and 18 electrons.
Find the overall charge.
A. −34 B. +2 C. +34 D. −2
20. Use <, >, or = to complete this sentence.
(+1) + (–14) (+7) + (–4)
A. > B. < C. = D. none of these

21. Let one white tile represent +1 and one black tile represent −1.
Use tiles to subtract.
(+12) − (−5)
A. C.

+7 +17

B. D.

+22 +17

22. Let one white tile represent +1 and one black tile represent −1.
Use tiles to subtract.
(+11) − (+7)
A. C.

+4 +18

B. D.

–5 –18
23. Let one black tile represent −1.
Write the subtraction equation modelled by this diagram.

A. (−14) − (−6) = −8 C. (−14) − (+6) = −8

B. (+14) − (+6) = +8 D. (−14) − (–6) = +8

24. Let one black tile represent −1.

Write the subtraction equation modelled by this diagram.

A. (+8) − (+3) = +5 C. (−8) − (−3) = +5

B. (−8) − (−3) = −5 D. (+8) − (+3) = −5

25. Subtract.
(+5) − (+7)
A. +12 B. +2 C. –2 D. –12

26. Subtract.
(−8) − (−7)
A. −15 B. +1 C. +15 D. −1

27. Subtract.
(+2) − (–7)
A. +5 B. –9 C. –5 D. +9

28. Subtract.
(–8) − (+6)
A. –2 B. +2 C. +14 D. –14

29. Sean gets on an elevator at the 35th floor. The elevator goes down 17 floors then up 9 floors.
At what floor does it finally stop?
A. 27 B. 43 C. 61 D. 9

30. Complete.
(+6) –  = –19
A. +25 B. –13 C. –25 D. 13
31. The graph shows the high and low temperatures in a week from Sunday to Saturday.
High and Low Temperatures (°C)
20

16

12

0
S M T W T F S

On which day was the difference between the high and low temperatures the greatest?
A. Friday B. Thursday C. Wednesday D. Tuesday

32. Use a number line to subtract.

(–5) (–9)
A.

–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B.

–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

C.

–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

D.

–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
33. Use a number line to subtract.
(+3) (+5)
A.

–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

B.

–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

C.

–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

D.

–10 –9 –8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

34. Determine the increase from –49 to –35.

A. +14 B. +84 C. –84 D. –14

35. A submarine at sea level dives 9 m and then another 8 m.

Write the final depth of the submarine as an integer.
A. +17 m B. +13 m C. –17 m D. –13 m

36. Evaluate.
(+12) + (–8) – (+6)
A. –2 B. +2 C. +10 D. +4
Constructed Response
Answer the following questions in the space provided. Make sure to show all workings in order to receive full
credit.

1. Add.
(+6) + (–2) + (+8)

2. Complete.
(+5) + (–2) +  = (+7)

3. A diver starts at sea level, goes down 10 m, rises 3 m, drops 6 m and rises 11 m.

a) Represent the sentence with integers, then find the sum.

b) How much further must the diver rise to reach the surface?

4. An elevator on the 10th floor goes down 5 floors.

Then it goes up 12 floors, and finally down 10 floors.
What floor does it end up on? Write an addition equation.

5. Write 0 as the sum of 11 consecutive integers.

6. The table shows the scores for teams of students playing a series of board games.
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3
Team 1 –10 5 4
Team 2 –3 2 8

a) Determine the total score for each team.

b) Which team had the higher score?

7. Olivia owns a coffee shop. On Wednesday she made a loss of $11 and on Thursday a loss of $15. On
Friday she made a profit of $13 and on Saturday a profit of $14.
Did she make a profit or loss on the four days? Write an addition equation.

8. Find 2 integers that would make each of the sentences true.

a) Positive integer − positive integer = +9

b) Positive integer − negative integer = +9

c) Negative integer − negative integer = +9

 9. Evaluate.
(–8) – (+4) – (–9)

10. Find the value of n that makes the equation true.

n + n – (+3) = (–9)

11. Write −19 as a sum of 2 negative integers.

12. Write +4 as a difference of 2 negative integers.