Answer:
1. Jan checks the weather. It is 27 degrees outside. Jan did chores for two hours. After Jan was done, she checked the weather again. The temperature had decreased 11 degrees.
2. (See screen shot below.)
Step-by-step explanation:
1. It doesn't have to be as complicated as I made it. You can just say that the weather started out with 27 degrees, and decreased later on. Remember, decreased means subtracted and 27+(-11) is the same as 27-11 because when a + and - are together - always wins. So no.1 wants you to say something got subtracted.
2. On the number line, make a dot at 29 because it said it was 29 degrees. Then drag the dot at the number 29 to 13 because it said it decreased 16, so it is 19 minus 16 which is 13.
