Football Fever: Adding Integers

Ever thought about how you can apply your integer skills to sports? In this worksheet, students will calculate how many yards were gained and how many were lost in each of three offensive drives of a football team. Then, they’ll find the total yards of each drive and the gained, lost, and total yards across all three drives.

This worksheet is perfect for teaching any seventh-grade sports fan about integer addition. Students will need to use their understanding of positive and negative integers to make their calculations. They’ll also need to pay close attention to detail, as their early answers need to be correct so that they can accurately calculate sums later on in the worksheet.

For more integer-adding fun, try Integer Addition Math Squares, Adding Integers: Cross Number Puzzle #1, and Integer Addition: Number Ladders #1.