Question

Eliana is playing a card game with her cousins. At the start of this turn, she had −12
points in the game. On this turn, she gets 7 points. Write an expression that shows how to find her current score.

Answer 1

To find Eliana's current score after getting 7 points, you can write an expression that adds the points she received to her starting score.

Starting score: \( -12 \)

Points gained: \( +7 \)

The expression to find her current score would be:

\[
-12 + 7
\]

Now, you can calculate her current score:

\[
-12 + 7 = -5
\]

So, her current score is \( -5 \).