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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 100 · 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 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) −8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 23
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 3 (d) 25
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 14
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 20 (c) 32 (d) 22
  8. 8.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) −38
  9. 9.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 29
  11. 11.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  14. 14.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −10 (d) 0
  16. 16.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 51
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) −23
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) −11
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 7
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 9
  23. 23.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 39
  24. 24.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  25. 25.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 47 (c) −3 (d) 3
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −16
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 24
  28. 28.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 84 (c) 6 (d) −6
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 23
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 25 (c) 49 (d) 39
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 19
  32. 32.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  33. 33.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) −11
  34. 34.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 25
  36. 36.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 92
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 14
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 10 (d) 36

Answer key

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

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