Grade 6 — In this contest, a landed trick earns +5 points and a missed trick costs −3 points. Add and subtract integers carefully. Show your work.
1. Noah landed 4 tricks and missed 2. What is his total score?
2. Priya landed 3 tricks and missed 5. What is her total score?
3. Sam landed 2 tricks and missed 6. What is his total score?
4. A player starts a round with 5 points, then gets penalties of −2 and −2, followed by a bonus of +7. What is the final score?
5. Order these scores from least to greatest: −6, 3, −2, 7, 0
6. A player has −4 points and then earns +9 points. What is the new score?
7. Ana has 12 points and Ben has −3 points. How many more points does Ana have than Ben?
8. In a bonus round, a trick is worth +10 and a miss costs −4. Sam lands 2 tricks, misses 1, then earns a +3 style bonus. What is his total?
| 1. 14 (4×5 + 2×(−3) = 20 − 6 = 14) | 2. 0 (3×5 + 5×(−3) = 15 − 15 = 0) |
| 3. −8 (2×5 + 6×(−3) = 10 − 18 = −8) | 4. 8 (5 − 2 − 2 + 7 = 8) |
| 5. −6, −2, 0, 3, 7 | 6. 5 (−4 + 9 = 5) |
| 7. 15 more (12 − (−3) = 12 + 3 = 15) | 8. 19 (2×10 + 1×(−4) + 3 = 20 − 4 + 3 = 19) |