SME
Kindergarten Science · Problem type
Warmer or cooler than yesterday
Use this for “Is today warmer or cooler than yesterday? By how much?”
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Today: 64 °F
Yesterday: 58 °F.
Today is 6 °F warmer than yesterday.
This is an example. Type the numbers from your problem to start.
Today
example · °F
Yesterday
example · °F
Today was
answer
Warmer or cooler by
answer · °F
Number sentences
64 is more than 58, so warmer
64 − 58 = 6 or 58 − 64 = 6, as warmer says
Good to know
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Read the thermometer at the same time each day.
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A bigger number means a warmer day.
Step-by-step
WE KNOW
Today: 64 °F
Yesterday: 58 °F
FIND
today was, warmer or cooler by
Step 1 · Find today was
Is 64 more or less than 58?
A bigger number means a warmer day.
64 is more than 58: warmer
compare 64 with 58
Today was: warmer
Step 2 · Find warmer or cooler by
64 − 58 = ?
Today was warmer. Take the smaller number away from the bigger one.
Count on from 58: 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 → 6
Warmer or cooler by: 6 °F (today was warmer by 6 °F)
Check
Put the numbers back in. Both sides should match.
64 is more than 58, so warmer ✓
64 − 58 = 6 ✓
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