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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 110 · 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.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 24
  2. 2.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  3. 3.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −2 (d) −12
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 48 (c) 22 (d) −38
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 27 (c) 15 (d) 5
  6. 6.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 51 (c) −29 (d) −39
  7. 7.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 18
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −7 (d) 7
  11. 11.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 80 (c) 10 (d) 0
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 45 (c) 55 (d) −45
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 9
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 11 (d) 41
  17. 17.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 40
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 2 (d) 22
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  21. 21.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 84 (d) 18
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) 17
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −7
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  25. 25.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 33 (c) 7 (d) −3
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 49 (d) −39
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 17
  28. 28.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 64 (c) −34 (d) 34
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  30. 30.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  31. 31.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 48 (d) −10
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) −3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) −14
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 15 (d) 5
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  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) 10 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 21
  38. 38.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 20 (d) −34
  40. 40.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) −8 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. −7
  3. −12
  4. 38
  5. 5
  6. −39
  7. −17
  8. −2
  9. 28
  10. −7
  11. 0
  12. 45
  13. 2
  14. 11
  15. 27
  16. 31
  17. −10
  18. −2
  19. 22
  20. 15
  21. −18
  22. 7
  23. −7
  24. 13
  25. −3
  26. 39
  27. −5
  28. −34
  29. −7
  30. −8
  31. 10
  32. −3
  33. 14
  34. 5
  35. 8
  36. 12
  37. 11
  38. 1
  39. 34
  40. 8

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