# Thread: Algebra questions part 1

1. ## Algebra questions part 1

Need Help! Would like To know How to solve these..... Would like to know step by step(formula)

Numerical Skills/Prealgebra

2. The lowest temperature on a winter morning was –8°F. Later that same day the temperature reached a high of 24°F. By how many degrees Fahrenheit did the temperature increase?
A. 3°
B. 8°
C. 16°
D. 24°
E. 32°

3. If (3/4 -2/4) + (1/2 + 1/3)
2+3 is calculated and the answer reduced to simplest terms, what is the
denominator of the resulting fraction?
A. 24
B. 12
C. 6
D. 4
E. 3

5. Mr. Brown went grocery shopping to buy meat for his annual office picnic. He bought 7 3/4 pounds of hamburger, 17.85 pounds of chicken, and 6 1/2 pounds of steak. How many pounds of meat did Mr. Brown buy?
A. 32.10
B. 31.31
C. 26.25
D. 22.10
E. 21.10

2. For question 2, you take the smaller number, $-8$ from the biggest number $24$, remembering when you take off a negative number you end up adding, i.e.

$24-(-8)=24+8=32$

I'm not sure I understand how you've written question 3... did you mean $\frac{3}{4}-\frac{2}{4}+\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{3}+2+3$?

For question 5, you should write $7\frac{3}{4}$ pounds as $7.25$ (since $\frac{3}{4}=0.75$) and $6\frac{1}{2}$ as $6.5$ (since $\frac{1}{2}=0.5$). Then...

$7.75+17.85+6.5=32.1$

Hope this helps