← Below zero: money and temperature lesson New set →

Negative Numbers Worksheet for Kids

Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 156 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) 0
  3. 3.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 12
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) −2
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 28 (d) 38
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −17
  8. 8.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 1
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 17 (c) 25 (d) 35
  10. 10.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  11. 11.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 15
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 22
  15. 15.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) −35
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) 20
  17. 17.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) 4
  20. 20.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 0
  21. 21.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 45
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 4 (c) 36 (d) 26
  23. 23.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 21
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) −6
  25. 25.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 8 (c) 36 (d) 26
  27. 27.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 35 (c) −1 (d) 1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) 17
  29. 29.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) −10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 25
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 7 (c) −5 (d) 5
  32. 32.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) −14 (d) 24
  34. 34.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 59 (c) 15 (d) 25
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −2
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 22
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 23 (d) 11
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 5
  39. 39.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  40. 40.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 82 (c) −6 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. −12
  2. 0
  3. 2
  4. 7
  5. 2
  6. 38
  7. 17
  8. 1
  9. 25
  10. −8
  11. −10
  12. 25
  13. −2
  14. 26
  15. −35
  16. 10
  17. −11
  18. −4
  19. −4
  20. 0
  21. −17
  22. 26
  23. −3
  24. 6
  25. −9
  26. 26
  27. −1
  28. 7
  29. −10
  30. 25
  31. −5
  32. −12
  33. 14
  34. 15
  35. 2
  36. 8
  37. 1
  38. 15
  39. −12
  40. −6

Free maths tricks lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/maths-tricks