The panthers football team lost 4 yards on each of their first two plays of the game. write an integer to describe this situation.

The answer is:  " -8 " .

 -4 * (2 plays) =  - 8 plays.  The integer would be:  " -8 " .

or, "-4 − 4 = -8"  .   ("Negative four, MINUS four, equals:  "negative eight").

The integer would be: " -8 " .