Negative Numbers Worksheet for Kids

Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 126 · 40 questions

The trick (Cross zero): Warmer or more money: move up the number line. Colder or spending: move down. Crossing zero: count the steps to 0 first, then the steps left over. The gap between a number below zero and one above zero: add the two distances from 0.

1. 1.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −54 (b) 66 (c) −44 (d) 54
2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 27
3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
4. 4.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 28
6. 6.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 43
7. 7.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 8
8. 8.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 21 (c) −43 (d) 53
10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 12 (d) 18
11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) −2
12. 12.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 0
13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) −2
15. 15.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) −4
16. 16.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 48 (d) −10
17. 17.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 31
18. 18.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 16
19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 13 (c) 31 (d) −31
20. 20.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 58
21. 21.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 11
23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 54 (c) 24 (d) 44
24. 24.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
25. 25.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
26. 26.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
27. 27.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 12 (d) 16
28. 28.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 1
29. 29.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 13
30. 30.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 48 (d) 4
31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 25 (c) −7 (d) 7
33. 33.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 93
34. 34.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 59 (d) −25
35. 35.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 71
36. 36.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) 14
37. 37.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) 17
40. 40.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 72

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