The temperature increased from -54 to 49.. Find the temperature difference

Question

The temperature increased from -54 to 49.. Find the temperature difference

Answer 1

You start at -54 and go up to 49.  The difference

is 49-(-54) = 49+54= 103 degrees.

 

You can picture this on a number line.

 

--|---------------------|--------------------|----

 -54                        0                         49

 

To get from -54 to 49 you would move 103 spaces right.