SME
Grade 2 Science · Problem type
Warming up
Use this for “Water at 40 °F warms up 35 degrees. How warm is it now?”
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Start temperature: 40 °F
Temperature now: 75 °F.
Temperature now is 35 °F warmer than start temperature.
This is an example. Type the numbers from your problem to start.
Start temperature (°F)
+
Degrees warmer (°F)
=
Temperature now (°F)
Number sentences
40 + 35 = 75
Good to know
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Heating makes the thermometer number go up. Cooling makes it go down.
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Ice melts at 32 °F. Water boils at 212 °F.
Step-by-step
WE KNOW
Start temperature: 40 °F
Degrees warmer: 35 °F
FIND
temperature now
Step 1 · Find temperature now
40 + 35 = ?
Add the start temperature and the degrees warmer.
40 + 30 = 70
70 + 5 = 75
Temperature now: 75 °F
Check
Put the numbers back in. Both sides should match.
40 + 35 = 75 ✓
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