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The Rodgers’ Integers
1. Mrs. Rodgers got a weekly raise of $145. If she gets Patterns
paid every other week, write an integer describing
how the raise will affect her paycheck.

2. Mr. Rodgers lost sixty-eight thousand, five hundred and

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thirty-nine dollars in one business deal and seventy-two

thousand, nine hundred and twenty-two dollars in a second
business deal. Write how much he lost in integer form.

3. When Cathy Rodgers boarded the bus to school, the

temperature was 4ºC. By lunchtime, it went up 5º, then after
school it dropped 7º. By Cathy’s bedtime, the temperature
dropped another 11º. What was the last temperature?

4. On Saturday, Carl Rodgers earned $65 mowing lawns and

$26 pulling weeds. Then he spent $48 on a video game.
Write an integer that describes how much Carl had at the end
of the day.

5. Cathy and Carl played a board game as a team. At the start

of the game, they jumped their token 5 spaces forward, then
15 spaces back, then 12 spaces forward, and 8 spaces back.
Write an integer that describes where they are in the game.

6. At the amusement park, Carl won a pair of roller skates worth

$59 after spending $25 on the games of skill. Cathy won a
stuffed panda worth $18 after spending $35 on the bottle
toss. Write an integer that describes their winnings added
together.
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Submarines
An admiral in the navy has given the location of six submarines Reasoning
somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean by indicating each submarine’s
coordinates on a grid. In the exercises below, tell whether the
admiral’s coordinates are correct. If they are not correct, give the
correct coordinates.
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1. The admiral says there is a submarine at (0, 6).

2. The admiral says there is a submarine at (9, 7).

3. The admiral says there is a submarine at (10, 4).

4. The admiral says there is a submarine 4 units above (5, 1).

5. The admiral says there is a submarine 3 units to the right of (2, 8).
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6. The admiral says there is a submarine 2 units to the left of (6, 5).

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