Which bedroom is warmer than the recommended room temperature?
Which bedroom is cooler than the recommended room temperature?
Sarah notices that her room’s temperature is 4°F above the recommended temperature and the downstairs bedroom’s temperature is 4°F below the recommended temperature. She graphs 72 and 64 on a vertical number line and determines they are opposites. Is Sarah correct? Explain.
After determining the relationship between the temperatures, Sarah now decides to represent 72°F as 4 and 64°F as −4 and graphs them on a vertical number line. Graph 4 and −4 on the vertical number line below.
Explain what zero represents in the situation in Question #4.