The document asks how much the temperature in a room would need to rise from 70°F for paper to catch fire, since paper burns at 451°F. To solve this, one would first calculate the difference between 451°F and 70°F, then determine that the temperature would need to rise by 381°F for the paper to catch fire.

1. Paper burns at 451 o F. If there is paper in a room where the temperature is 70 o F, how much does the temperature have to rise for the paper to catch fire?

2. In your notebook, describe in paragraph form how you would solve this problem. Remember, a paragraph should be 4 to 5 sentences long. You might write it as “First I would…”, “Then I would…”, Next I would…”, Finally, I would…”