The jones family was in Colorado where the temperature was -12 degrees. The green family was in Georgia where the temperature was 56 degrees. What is the difference between the temperature where the jones family and the green family was
The difference between the temperature where the Jones family was and where the Green family was is the absolute value of the difference between -12 degrees and 56 degrees.
|-12 - 56| = |-68| = 68 degrees
Therefore, the difference between the temperature where the Jones family and the Green family was is 68 degrees.