At 8:00 a. m, the outside temperature was - 16. At 9:00 a. m, the outside temperature dropped 6.5 lower. What was the outside temperature at 9:00a. m?

Problem

There is a temperature from 8:00 A. M to 9:00 A. M. Solve for the temperature at 9:00 A. M

Result

The temperature outside was 22.5 Celsius or Fahrenheit (not provided)

Solution

This word problems warrants us to add negative integers.

(-16) + (-6.5) = (-22.5)