Question

At 7 p.m. the temperature was 5° F. At midnight the temperature was -7° F. What was the change in temperature?

Answer 1

Change in temperature was 12 degrees

Explanation:

If you start with five degrees and end into negative 7 degrees, you can find the result within two steps

5 degrees minus 5 = 0 degrees

then, 0 degrees minus 7 = -7 degrees

Because you subtracted 5 from five, and 7 from seven, you add those two values together

7 + 5 = 12 degrees

So the change in temperature was 12 degrees

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