Question

At 8 AM the temperature was 3 degrees below zero. By 9 AM the temperature had gone up 6 degrees, but by 10

AM it had gone down again 4 degrees. What was the temperature at 10 AM?
Make a Selection:
A. 5 degrees below zero
B. 1 degree above zero
C. 1 degree below zero
D. 5 degrees above zero

Answer 1

C) 1 degree below zero

Explanation:

3 degrees below zero = -3

-3 + 6 = 3

3 - 4 = 3 + -4 = -1

At 10 AM the temperature was -1 or 1 degree below zero.

Answer 2

C. 1 degree below zero

Explanation:

-3 + 6 = 3

3 - 4 = -1