← Below zero: money and temperature lesson New set →

Negative Numbers Worksheet for Kids

Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 817 · 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.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 23
  2. 2.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 15
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  4. 4.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) −4
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) 40
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 5
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) −18
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −21
  9. 9.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) −7 (d) 7
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −12 (d) 22
  11. 11.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) −17
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) 10 (d) −32
  13. 13.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 66 (c) 28 (d) −18
  14. 14.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) −18
  15. 15.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −15 (c) −25 (d) 25
  16. 16.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) −37
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 4
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 35 (c) −7 (d) −17
  22. 22.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 50 (c) −22 (d) −12
  23. 23.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 43 (c) 5 (d) −5
  24. 24.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 92 (c) 28 (d) −28
  25. 25.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 17
  26. 26.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −14
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −3
  29. 29.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −26 (c) 62 (d) 26
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  31. 31.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 46 (c) −2 (d) −12
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 14 (d) 24
  33. 33.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) −17
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) 5
  35. 35.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −20 (d) −10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 21
  38. 38.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 25 (c) 7 (d) −3
  39. 39.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9

Answer key

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

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