Question

The average temperature in Fairbanks,alask, was -4 one day and 6 the next day. find the difference of the temperatures?

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Answer 1

`10` degrees

Explanation:

The easiest way to think about this problem would be to use a number line. Imagine it as a thermometer measuring the temperature:

They say that the temperature starts at `-4`, so I'll go ahead and mark that:

And they temperature rises all the way to `6`, so I'll mark that in blue:

Now you can see that the temperature rose quite a bit! The easiest way to count how much it rose is to count the number of lines between `-4` and `6`.

Start by putting your finger on the `-4` line, and count all the way up to the `6` line. You should have moved `10` degrees.

So the difference between the temperature of `-4` and `6` is `10` degrees.