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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 1 · 40 questions
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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.

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  1. 1.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 13
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 13
  5. 5.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 49 (c) −25 (d) 25
  6. 6.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 7
  7. 7.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −9
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) 23
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 13 (d) 41
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 28
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) 4
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 27 (c) 39 (d) 29
  15. 15.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  16. 16.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) −16
  17. 17.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 77 (c) −43 (d) 43
  18. 18.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 39 (c) 23 (d) −13
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) −5
  20. 20.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 12
  21. 21.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) −17
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 21
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 28
  24. 24.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 96 (c) 24 (d) −14
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) −6
  26. 26.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 1
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 19
  28. 28.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 34 (d) −24
  29. 29.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −7
  30. 30.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 76 (c) −6 (d) 4
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) 24
  32. 32.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 7 (d) 17
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 53 (c) −43 (d) 43
  34. 34.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) −13
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) −2
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 17
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  38. 38.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) −53 (c) 53 (d) 65
  39. 39.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) −10
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) 18

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. −4
  3. 11
  4. 33
  5. −25
  6. 7
  7. −9
  8. 13
  9. 31
  10. −3
  11. 6
  12. 20
  13. 4
  14. 29
  15. −12
  16. −16
  17. −43
  18. 13
  19. 5
  20. −10
  21. −27
  22. 31
  23. 4
  24. −24
  25. −6
  26. −7
  27. 1
  28. 24
  29. 7
  30. −6
  31. 14
  32. −17
  33. 43
  34. −23
  35. −2
  36. −5
  37. 41
  38. −53
  39. 0
  40. 8

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