Question

Connor’s temperature was 0.7 degrees higher last night than it was this morning. His temperature this morning was 101.2 degrees. What was his temperature last night?

Answer 1

101.9 degrees

General Formulas and Concepts:

Pre-Algebra

Order of Operations: BPEMDAS

1. Brackets
2. Parenthesis
3. Exponents
4. Multiplication
5. Division
6. Addition
7. Subtraction

• Left to Right

Explanation:

Let's define what we have:

Conner's morning temperature: 101.2 degrees

Conner's last night temperature: morning temperature + 0.7 degrees

We know that Conner's last night temperature is addition because it was higher (key word) than the morning temperature.

Therefore, we simply add the values together to get our answer:

101.2 + 0.7 = 101.9 degrees