Anyone good at math problems involving temperature?

Question

the temperature in a tool shed is 18 degrees above zero and the temperature outside is 6 degrees below zero. how many degrees difference is there between the two temperatures?

Answer 1

24?

Answer 2

yep your right

Answer 3

24 right

Answer 4

guessing you are talking about degrees cellcius. Then the difference is 24 degrees

Answer 5

All you need to do is subtract one from the other and then take the absolute value...  

18 - (-6) = 24

-6 - 18 = -24

Absolute value of both 24 and -24 is 24...  QED

Answer 6

Ya it is 24. Because inside temp is +18 degrees and outside it is -6 degrees. So the difference will be 18-(-6)=24