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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 142 · 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 −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) −10
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 27
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  5. 5.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 23 (d) 9
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  8. 8.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 82 (c) −28 (d) −38
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) −2
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  11. 11.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) 2
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) 14
  13. 13.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −9
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 22
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 8
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −1
  17. 17.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 41 (c) 15 (d) −5
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) 19 (d) −27
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 8
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) 31
  22. 22.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 9
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 30
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 7
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 13
  26. 26.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 38 (c) 32 (d) −38
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) −9
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) −13 (d) 23
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) −2
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 17 (d) 37
  32. 32.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 5
  33. 33.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) −15 (c) 81 (d) 25
  34. 34.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 16 (d) 12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  36. 36.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) 6
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 20
  38. 38.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) 11 (c) 41 (d) 31
  39. 39.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −24 (c) −14 (d) −4
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 3

Answer key

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

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