Q. In a quiz ,positive marks are given for correct answers and negative marks are

given to incorrect answer. If jacks scores in five successive rounds were 25,-5,-10,15

and 10.what was his total at the end?

a)25 b)35

c)45 d)0

ANSWER

b) 35

Total marks = 25 +(-5)+(-10)+15+10

=35

QUESTION

In a class test containing ten questions ,5 marks are awarded for ever correct

answer and -2 marks for every incorrect answer and 0 for questions not

attempted. Ram gets two correct and five incorrect answers out of seven

questions he attempt. What is his score?

ANSWER

Total questions he attempted =7

for ever correct answer =5

for every incorrect answer =-2

the correct answers he got = 2*5 =10

the incorrect answers he got =5*-2=-10

so, his total score =10+(-10) = 0

QUESTION

In a school exam , Rohan s score was up to 500 points. Then he scored

-100 points in the words category .What was his score then?

ANSWER

Rohan s total score =500+(_-100)

=400

QUESTION

Zack just got a grade of 93 on a report. However, because he turned it in

late, his teacher is going to deduct 15 points. What will zacks final score on

the report be?

ANSWER

Zack got a grade on report = 93

teacher going to deduct = (-15)

Total score =93 -15

=78

QUESTION

In a Math test 2 marks are given for every correct answer and 1 mark is given

for every incorrect answer. Zayan gets only 12 of his answers correct out of

18 questions on the test. What will be his scores?

ANSWER

For each correct answer marks given = 2

For each wrong answer marks given =1

zayan got 12 answers correct = 12*2

=24

zayan got 6 incorrect answers =6*1

Therefore ,no. of marks he scored is 24+6=30

QUESTION

In a class test containing 10 questions,5 marks are awarded for every

correct answer and(-2)marks are awarded for every incorrect answer

(i) Mohan gets 4 correct and six 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?

ANSWER

(i) Mohan gets 4 correct answer = 4*5

=20

He got five incorrect answer = 5*(-2)

=(-10)

Therefore ,his total mark = 20+(-10)

= 10

(ii) Reshma got five correct answer = 5*5

=25

she got five incorrect answer = 5*(-2)

= (-10)

Therefore,her total mark = 25 + (-10)

=15

(iii) Heena got five correct answer = 2*5

=10

she got five incorrect answer =5*(-2)

=(-10)

Therefore total marks she scored =10+(-10)

QUESTION

A football team loses 2 yards every 5minutes .How many yards did the team

lose after 15 minutes?

ANSWER

After 5 minutes, the team loses 2 yards or -2

After 15 minutes, the team will lose -2×3 yards

= -6 yards.

HOW TO DO WORD PROBLEMS OF INTEGER?

SUMMARY

These are some similar word problems of integers for grade6,7and 8 .An integer is the collection of whole numbers and negative numbers. Integers does not include fractional part. Thus we can say that integers are numbers that can be positive, negative or zero but cannot be a fraction. The examples of integers are 0,12,3-1,-2,-3 etc.. The symbol of integer is z.

Integers are not just numbers on paper. They have many real life applications. For example when the temperature is above zero, positive numbers are used to denote the temperature, where as negative numbers denote the temperature below zero.one more example is in the case of marks positive marks are given for right answers and negative marks are given for wrong answer.