Question

Rewrite the problem using fewer words. Leave out information that you do not need to solve the problem. Then solve the problem. For a science project, you record the high temperature each day. The high temperature on Day 1 was 6°less than on Day 4 and 4°less than on Day 10. The high temperature on Day 10 was 62°F. What was the high temperature on Day 1?

Answer 1

Each day, you record the high temperature* (you don't necessarily need to say that it is for a science project). On Day 1, it was 4* less than Day 10**. It hit 62* F on Day 10. What was the high temperature on Day 1?

Because we know that on Day 1, the temperature was 4* less than on Day 10, and the high temperature on Day 10 was 62*, the high temperature on Day 1 was therefore 58*. Because 62 - 4 = 58.

Explanation:

*You don't necessarily need to say that it was for a science project.

**The information for Day 4 is irrelevant too because we are not given the temperature for Day 4, therefore it does not help us find the answer.