Question

Dom and Riley both want to find the change from the 6 AM temperature to the new 12 PM temperature. Dom says that you can use a number line and add the distances from 0 to the 6 AM temperature and from 0 to the new 12 PM temperature. Riley says that you can subtract -1.4 from the 12 PM temperature. Is either Dom or Riley correct? Explain your reasoning and find the change in temperature.

Answer 1

Neither Dom or Riley is correct

Explanation:

The change in temperature between 12PM and 6AM can be obtained by subtracting the 12PM temperature from the 6AM temperature because temperature increases as the hours of the day go by.

To carry out this subtraction on the number line, the following steps should be taken;

(i) Mark the numbers corresponding to 6AM and 12PM temperatures on same number line.

(ii) From the number corresponding to the 12 PM temperature, find out how many steps that are needed to reach the position of the number corresponding to the 6AM temperature.

This number of steps represents the temperature change between the 12PM temperature and the 6 AM temperature.