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Performance Task
Weather Report
A weather service records the temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit each day and
publishes the report in the newspaper at the end of the week. The graphic below
shows a report from January.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
High 11 High 7 High 8 High 6 High High 12 High 3
Low 2 Low -2 Low Low -4 Low -1 Low Low -8
Write your answers on another piece of paper. Show all your work to
receive full credit.
Part A
David read the paper while eating breakfast and some of the information was
smudged. Use the information below to find all of the missing high and low
temperatures during the week.
• On Tuesday, the low temperature was 3 degrees colder than on Monday.
• On Thursday, the high temperature was 5 degrees warmer than the low
temperature.
• On Friday, the low temperature was 11 degrees higher than the low
temperature on Saturday.
Part B
Graph each of the high and low temperatures on a number line. What is the
difference in the highest and lowest temperatures?
Part C
Find the average high and low temperature for the week.
Part D
Because of the cold temperatures, David decides to makes scarves to sell at a
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craft fair. It costs him $5 to make each scarf and he sells them for $12 each.
He sells 28 scarves at the craft fair. What is David’s total profit? Explain.
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