The table gives the midnight temperatures on 1st January for five cities in the USA.
City Midnight temperature
Boston –5 °C
Philadelphia – 4 °C
Orlando 10 °C
Chicago – 6 °C
Phoenix 8 °C
Here are the temperatures in °C.
– 5 – 4 1 0 – 6 8
(a) Write these numbers in order of size.
Start with the smallest number.
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(b) Work out the difference between the midnight temperature in Orlando and the
midnight temperature in Boston.
°
C
(1)
(c) Work out the temperature that is exactly halfway between 8 °C and – 6 °C.
°C
(1)
On 1st January the midnight temperature in Minneapolis was 10 °C lower than the
midnight temperature in Philadelphia.
(d) Work out the midnight temperature in Minneapolis.
°C
(1)