APPLICATION INTEGERS IN

DAILY LIFE

Word problems

EXAMPLE..
1. At midday, the air conditioned room
temperature is 120 C. If at night the room
temperature descends to 100 C, what is the
room temperature at night?

12 10 = 20 C

EXAMPLE..
2. In a game, it applies a rule that the highest
score is 100 and the lowest score is -100. in
four times of playing, Andi gets 60, -50, 40,
-30 and Riki gets -30, 80, 60, and -40.
calculate Andis score and Rikis score. Who
gets higher score?

Andi : 60 + (-50) + 40 + (-30) = 20

Riki : (-30) + 80 + 60 + (-40) = 70

EXERCISE..
1. A plane flies at 2,900 meters above the sea
level, while a submarine is moving under the
sea at 1,000 meters. Find the difference of
the height of the plane and the submarine ?

EXERCISE..
2. In a test consisting of 100 questions, the
scoring is +2 for correct answer, -1 for
incorrect answer, and 0 for questions not
answered. in the test, a student answered
correctly 76 questions and did not answer 5
questions. What was the total score the
student got?

EXERCISE..
3. At this moment mother is pregnant. Every
month her weight increases 2 kg. now her
pregnancy is 7 months and her weight is 59
kg. find mothers weight at the beginning of
her pregnancy?

EXERCISE..
4. In a traditional market, the price of two
chicken is equal to the price of five fish. If
someone has to pay Rp100,000 to get 10
fish, how many chicken does he get with
Rp100,000 ?

EXERCISE..
5. According to the doctor, the ideal weight of
Mr. Broto is 65 kg. but now, his weight is 83
kg. in order that his ideal weight is obtained
in 6 days, how many kg of his weight
decreases every day?

EXERCISE..
6.science. A certain bacteria doubles its
population in every 12 hours. After 3 days
there are 1,600 bacteria. How many bacteria
were there at the beginning of the first day ?

SOLVE THIS.
1. The lowest temperature in Malang for the
month of January is -1 degrees Celsius. The
lowest temperature for the month of March is
10 degrees Celsius. What is the difference
between the two temperature?

SOLVE THIS.
2. A multiple choice test has 20 questions. The
scoring is +3 for correct answer -1 for
incorrect answer, and 0 for question not
answered. Anton answered 18 questions,
and 3 questions incorrect. What was Antons
score?

ANSWER

3. A plane flies at 2,900 meters above the sea

level, while a submarine is moving under the
sea at 1,000 meters. Find the difference of
the height of the plane and the submarine ?

2,900 (-1,000) = 3,900

4. In a test consisting of 100 questions, each

correct answer is rated 2, each incorrect
answer is rated -1, and the questions which
are unanswered are rated 0. in the test, a
student answered correctly 76 questions and
did not answer 5 questions. What was the
total score the student got?

(76 x 2) + (19 x -1) = 152 +(-19) = 133

5. At this moment mother is pregnant. Every

month her weight increases 2 kg. now her
pregnancy is 7 months and her weight is 59
kg. find mothers weight at the beginning of
her pregnancy?

59 (7x2) = 59 14 = 45

6. In a traditional market, the price of two

chicken is equal to the price of five fish. If
someone has to pay Rp100,000 to get 10
fish, how many chicken does he get with
Rp100.000 ?

2 chicken = Rp50,000
Rp100,000 : Rp50,000 = 2 x 2 = 4

7. According to the doctor, the ideal weight of

Mr. Broto is 65 kg. but now, his weight is 83
kg. in order that his ideal weight is obtained
in 6 days, how many kg of his weight
decreases every day?

83 65 = 18 : 6 = 3 kg