Question Bank: The Other Side of Zero

What is the floor number above the ground floor labeled in Bela's Building of Fun?

If you want to go from the ground floor to the Video Games shop, which button do you press?

If you start at Floor +2 and go down to Floor 0, how many button presses do you make?

How can you express pressing the lift button three times up?

What happens if you press +2 and then press -2?

Which of the following describes pressing the down button three times?

If you pressed the + button five times and the - button three times, what floor are you on?

From Floor +1, how many floors down is Floor -1?

How many times do you need to press –1 starting from Floor 0 to reach Floor -2?

If you start at Floor -2 and wish to go to Floor +1, how many button presses are required?

Which button should you press to go directly from Floor 0 to Floor -3?

If you have 4 positive tokens and 2 negative tokens, what is the resulting net movement?

Bela pressed the up button four times and the down button twice. Where is she now?

If you pressed +1 three times and -1 once, what is your final floor?

Which movement would take you up three floors from Floor -1?

If you start with 3 positive tokens and take away 2 negative tokens, how many positive tokens do you have?

How many floors up will you go if you press the '+' button 4 times and the '–' button 2 times?

What is the result of adding +6 and -4 using tokens?

You have 8 positive and 5 negative tokens. What is the net amount of positive tokens?

If you press '+' 10 times and '–' 3 times, which floor will you be on?

How many total tokens will be left if you remove 4 zero pairs from 10 tokens?

What is the net value of pressing '–' 7 times and '+' 3 times?

If you have 5 positive tokens and 3 negative tokens, how many more positive than negative tokens do you have?

What do you achieve by pressing '+' once and '–' once?

If your net tokens consist of 15 positives and 5 negatives, what is the overall net floor change?

By pressing '–' twice and '+' five times, what floor does the lift reach if it starts at Floor 0?

If the first two presses are '+' and the next three presses are '-', what is the total floor change?

When adding +3 and -5 using tokens, what final result do you reach?

If you press the '+' button 12 times and the '–' button 7 times, what is the highest floor you can reach from Floor 0?

What net total will you achieve by pressing '-' 10 times followed by '+' 4 times?

After pressing '+' 8 times and '-' 6 times, how will you express your outcome in token language?

Which of the following represents an integer less than zero?

What is the result of adding -7 and 5?

On a number line, which integer is located to the left of -1?

If the temperature rises from -5 degrees to 2 degrees, how much has it increased?

Which of the following statements is true about the integer -10?

What is -4 + (-6)?

Which integer represents a loss in a financial context?

If you subtract -3 from 2, what is the result?

In a game, a score is recorded as -15. Which score is better?

What is the result of 8 + (-3) + (-4)?

Which of the following correctly describes the position of 0?

In a temperature scale, if the temperature is at -8 degrees and decreases by 3 degrees, what is the new temperature?

What do you get when you multiply -2 and 4?

If you have -10 and you add 12, what will you end up with?

Which operation would result in a negative integer when starting with 6?

What is the opposite of -12?

What is the value of zero in the number system?

Which number comes before 1 on the number line?

What do we call the numbers that are smaller than zero?

What is the significance of zero in the Indian number system?

In what way can the concept of integers be applied in real life?

What is the correct representation for moving down two floors in Bela’s Building of Fun?

On a number line, which integer lies directly to the left of 0?

If you have three apples and give away four, how many apples do you have?

How are negative numbers represented on a number line?

What number is represented by -5 + 3?

Which of the following is not an integer?

How does the concept of zero relate to counting?

If you move down three floors from the ground floor, what would be the representation?

What are integers?

Which number would be found to the left of -1 on a number line?

What is the value of +3 + (–2)?

Which of the following is a negative integer?

What is the result of the operation –4 + 7?

Which floor does Gurmit end up on if he starts at Floor –2 and presses +4?

Which expression represents moving from +1 to Floor –3?

What is the result of 0 + (–5)?

Which comparison is true? –3 ___ –2

Evaluate the expression: (–1) + (+4) – (+2).

If you start at Floor 0 and go down 3 floors, what integer represents your new floor?

How many times do you press +1 to go from Floor –3 to Floor +2?

What is the inverse of +3?

If the lift goes to Floor +5 and then to Floor –2, what is the resulting floor number?

Which of the following is the result of +4 – +6?

Which statement is true about the integers –7, –3, and +2?

If you have 7 positive tokens and you take away 4 negative tokens, how many tokens do you have?

What is the value of –10 + 5 + 8?

What do you get when you subtract +3 from –2?