Ok i admit it i am an idiot?

Question

what is the answer to this problem:

The temperature was -2, -3, 1, and -4 on four consecutive days. What was the average temperature for those days?

Answer 1

the average would be 0.5. all yu have to do is

Add the numbers up.

Count the amount of numbers.

Divide the sum by the amount of numbers.

Answer 2

The average of any group of numbers is the sum of those numbers divided by the total count of numbers. I.e. the sum of -2+-3+1+-4 divided by 4

If the negative is throwing you off, try looking at it this way

-1*(2+3+4) +1

=-1(9)+1

=-9+1                  or =1-9

=-8

So the sum is -8. Now divide this by 4

-8/4= -2

-2 is the average number.

Answer 3

add them all up and divide by 4

Answer 4

-2  

Answer 5

I'm 55 so my maths is a bit rusty but if you add the three minuses together factor in the positive the answer is 8 devide by 4 = minus 2

Answer 6

add them up.

-2+-3+1+-4 = -8

divide by 4

-8/4 = -2

The answer is -2.

Answer 7

Like Troy H. said, you add them all up and divide them by four getting -2. You're not an idiot. Negatives confuse people, especially when you have to add/subtract/multiply/divide them.

Answer 8

the answer is -2 degrees try using a scientific calculator to find the answer next time.

Answer 9

Yea..

I don;t know how to add negative numbers.

XD!

Answer 10

(-2)+(-3)+1+(-4) --->add all of them

= -2-3+1-4

= -8

-8/4 ---->divide by 4

-2 ---> final answer