At 8: 00 a. m, the outside temperature was -16 . at 9: 00 a. m, the outside temperature dropped 6.5 lower. what was the outside temperature at 9: 00a. m ?

Problem
There is a temperature from 8:00 A.M to 9:00 A.M. Solve for the temperature at 9:00 A.M

Result
The temperature outside was 22.5 Celsius or Fahrenheit (not provided)

Solution
This word problems warrants us to add negative integers.
(-16) + (-6.5) = (-22.5)