Question

Sasha is in Chicago, where a thermometer outside reads –7 °F. Anna is in New York, where a thermometer outside reads –4 °F. Which temperature is coldest and why?

Answer 1

-7 is colder, so Sasha has the coldest temperature.

Explanation:

Simple as it is, -7 is 7 degrees below 0 which means its far more negative than -4. On a number line -7 would be the farthest dot from 0 on the left which you'd want to choose.