Question

The air temperature in the North Pole in the morning was 3 degrees Celsius. By 10:00 am the temperature dropped 12 degrees. By noon the temperature had gone up 5 degrees. At 3:00 pm the temperature went up 9 degrees. By nightfall the temperature had dropped 16 more degrees. What was the temperature at the North Pole at nightfall

Answer 1

Answer: -11 degrees Celsius

Step-by-step explanation:

First you subtract 3-12 leaving -9 then you add positive 5 to -9 giving you -4 then add 9 to equal 5 and lastly 5- 16 to get -11.