Reading Thermometers Worksheet

What Is the Temperature? reverses a typical scale-reading task. Instead of interpreting a pre-drawn level, students receive a temperature and must show it on each thermometer by marking the correct height. The diagrams include Celsius and Fahrenheit labels and visible intervals, so learners need to identify the unit, count to the target, and place the level proportionally. Producing the representation offers a direct check of whether they understand scale direction and spacing rather than merely reading printed values.
Year groups
Years 3–5 (Key Stage 2)
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Updated Feb 21, 2024

Subject
Measurements, Maths
Topic
Have Fun Teaching, Reading a Themometer
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Use this maths worksheet to practise showing given temperatures on three thermometers with Celsius and Fahrenheit scales. Students then choose a temperature for each of three pictured scenes.

The one-page PDF does not include conversion calculations or multi-step word problems. Model how to follow the named temperature scale before students draw the liquid level.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Represent a stated temperature on a thermometer

  • Use scale intervals to position a liquid level

  • Distinguish how target values appear in two temperature units

Teaching tips

  • Mark the target tick first, then shade the level upward from the bulb.

  • Check that every drawn level starts at the base and stops at one consistent height.

Skills covered

  • Scale construction

  • Temperature representation

  • Interval counting

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Core concepts

  • Drawing thermometer levels

  • Temperature scales

  • Units

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