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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 14 · 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 −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) −14
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) −9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 19
  5. 5.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) −11
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 11 (c) −5 (d) 5
  7. 7.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −53 (b) 53 (c) 65 (d) −43
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  9. 9.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 72
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 42 (c) 26 (d) −42
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −12
  12. 12.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 81
  13. 13.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −21
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 3 (c) 25 (d) 35
  16. 16.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 47 (c) −15 (d) −5
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) −4
  18. 18.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 21 (d) 17
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  21. 21.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 34
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 17 (d) 45
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 9
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  28. 28.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) 22 (d) 32
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −3 (d) 3
  30. 30.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 19
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 3
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 12 (d) 10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 20 (d) 40
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  37. 37.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −6
  38. 38.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) 10

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. 9
  3. 7
  4. −3
  5. −11
  6. −5
  7. −53
  8. 3
  9. −28
  10. 42
  11. −12
  12. −3
  13. −7
  14. 21
  15. 25
  16. −15
  17. −4
  18. −16
  19. 7
  20. 6
  21. −12
  22. −14
  23. 9
  24. −2
  25. 35
  26. −17
  27. 10
  28. 22
  29. 3
  30. −5
  31. 13
  32. −10
  33. 40
  34. −4
  35. 18
  36. 1
  37. −6
  38. −1
  39. −7
  40. 0

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