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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 101 · 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 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −6
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 35
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 30 (d) 16
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) −1
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −8
  9. 9.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 24
  10. 10.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 24
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) −10
  12. 12.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 20
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −44 (c) 44 (d) 54
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 8
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) −6
  16. 16.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −1
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 3 (d) 37
  19. 19.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 51
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 16
  21. 21.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 0
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 5 (d) 27
  24. 24.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 55 (c) −45 (d) 45
  27. 27.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 21 (c) 51 (d) −41
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) −8
  33. 33.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −3
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) 12
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 0
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) 14
  40. 40.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −6
  3. 25
  4. 6
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 7
  8. 2
  9. −2
  10. −6
  11. −10
  12. −20
  13. 44
  14. 8
  15. 6
  16. −3
  17. 13
  18. 27
  19. 7
  20. 2
  21. −14
  22. 12
  23. 27
  24. 2
  25. −6
  26. 45
  27. −10
  28. 17
  29. 8
  30. 41
  31. 20
  32. 8
  33. −9
  34. −3
  35. 6
  36. 12
  37. −10
  38. 14
  39. 4
  40. 5

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