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Measuring temperature – practice for Years 6–7

Sample questions on Measuring temperature with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject
Physics
Year
Years 6–7
Curriculum area
Matter and objects

Question types: Reading a thermometer

Rule: Measuring temperature

First find the value of one division: the difference between two numbered marks ÷ the divisions between them.

Then count divisions from the nearest numbered mark. Below zero write the temperature with a minus.

Example: From 10 °C to 20 °C there are 5 divisions → 1 division = 2 °C; 2 divisions above 10 °C is 14 °C

Watch out: A division is not always 1 °C, so always work it out. And below zero −6 °C is colder than −2 °C.

Sample questions

  1. Question 1 Easy

    What temperature does the thermometer show?

    −10−50510152025303540°C
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    Answer: 36 °C

    How it works: One division is 1 °C; the column ends at 36 °C.

  2. Question 2 Normal

    What temperature does the thermometer show? Careful: one division is 2 °C.

    −30−20−10010203040°C
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    Answer: 36 °C

    How it works: The column ends at 36 °C.

  3. Question 3 Hard

    Thermometer A shows the temperature in the morning, thermometer B in the afternoon. By how many °C did it get warmer?

    −20−10010203040°CA−20−10010203040°CB
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    Answer: 20 °C

    How it works: 26 °C − (6 °C) = 20 °C.

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