During a week the temperature in a city ranges from 5°C to -3°C. Calculate the difference between the highest and the lowest temperature considering positive and negative integers.

The difference between the highest temperature (5°C) and the lowest temperature (-3°C) is 8°C. This is calculated by subtracting the lowest temperature from the highest, accounting for the negative sign. The formula used is Difference = Highest Temperature - Lowest Temperature.
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Answered by Anonymous | 2025-07-04

To find the difference between the highest and the lowest temperatures, we need to calculate the difference between 5°C and -3°C.
Here's how you can do it step-by-step:

Identify the highest temperature: This is 5°C.

Identify the lowest temperature: This is -3°C.

Calculate the difference: To find the difference between two numbers, you subtract the lower number from the higher number. Because we are dealing with temperatures, we can think of it on a number line. We want to find how much it rises or falls from the lowest point, -3°C, to the highest point, 5°C.

Write the calculation: The difference is calculated as: 5 − ( − 3 )
This can be rewritten using the rule of subtracting a negative, which is the same as adding:
5 + 3 = 8


So, the difference between 5°C and -3°C is 8°C.
The result tells us that the temperature difference for that week is 8°C between the highest and lowest recorded temperatures.

Answered by ElijahBenjaminCarter | 2025-07-06