Home / Grade 7 / NBA / Positive & Negative Numbers Basketball positive & negative numbers: Lakers vs. Hawks A free 7th grade positive & negative numbers worksheet with 6 problems, made from the real Los Angeles Lakers at Atlanta Hawks game on November 9, 2026. Page two is the answer key, with the work shown.
Grade 7 NBA Positive & Negative Numbers Common Core 7.NS.A.1, 7.NS.A.3
NBA
Los Angeles Lakers at Atlanta Hawks
November 9, 2026
Some answers are negative. Watch your signs.
Score by quarter Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Los Angeles Lakers 31 37 27 29 124 Atlanta Hawks 22 35 33 24 114
Hawks: last three games Opponent Hawks scored Opponent scored Lakers 114 124 Nets 124 121 Wizards 139 132
Season standings so far Team Wins Losses Points scored Points allowed Hawks 7 5 1,419 1,394 Pacers 3 8 1,225 1,267 Clippers 2 8 1,122 1,181
A team's margin is its score minus the opponent's. Find the Hawks' margin in their latest game ( 114 to 124 ).
Add the Hawks' margins from all three games : ( 114 − 124 ) + ( 124 − 121 ) + ( 139 − 132 ).
Find the Hawks' point differential (points scored − points allowed) : 1,419 − 1,394 .
Find the Pacers' point differential (points scored − points allowed) : 1,225 − 1,267 .
Find the Clippers' point differential (points scored − points allowed) : 1,122 − 1,181 .
How far apart are the Hawks and the Pacers ? Subtract the smaller differential from the larger.
Los Angeles Lakers at Atlanta Hawks, November 9, 2026
A team's margin is its score minus the opponent's. Find the Hawks' margin in their latest game ( 114 to 124 ).
-10
114 − 124 = (-10)
Add the Hawks' margins from all three games : ( 114 − 124 ) + ( 124 − 121 ) + ( 139 − 132 ).
0
114 − 124 = (-10) → 124 − 121 = 3 → 139 − 132 = 7 → (-10) + 3 + 7 = 0
Find the Hawks' point differential (points scored − points allowed) : 1,419 − 1,394 .
25
1,419 − 1,394 = 25
Find the Pacers' point differential (points scored − points allowed) : 1,225 − 1,267 .
-42
1,225 − 1,267 = (-42)
Find the Clippers' point differential (points scored − points allowed) : 1,122 − 1,181 .
-59
1,122 − 1,181 = (-59)
How far apart are the Hawks and the Pacers ? Subtract the smaller differential from the larger.
67
1,419 − 1,394 = 25 → 1,225 − 1,267 = (-42) → 25 − (-42) = 67