Question

A football team lost 5 yards on one play and gained 12 yards on the next play. Write a sum of integers to find the overall change in field position.

Answer 1

The overall change in field position is 7yds, 0 - 5 + 12 = 7, if that isn't a "sum of integers" I apologize.

Answer 2

Answer:  Since the problem says the overall change, you have to start at 0.

Then you subtract 5. Next, you add 12. The problem should read

0 - 5 + 12 = 7. (I'm almost 99.8 % sure) I am about to answer this and I will edit this if it is wrong.  

Don't forget to out the yards if necessary. Example: 7yrds