Practise Using Negative Numbers to Work out Temperatures

This activity is about working out by how much the temperature has risen or fallen.

Example

Work out by how much the temperature has risen or fallen.

A temperature rises from -8°C to 6°C.

By how many degrees has it risen? 

Answer

It helps to look at the number line.

Start at -8 and count how many moves forward you make all the way up to 6.

The answer is 14 °C

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