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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 172 · 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 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) −5
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 11
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 0 (d) −10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 7
  6. 6.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) −12
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −9
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 26 (c) 20 (d) 10
  9. 9.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 47
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −17
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  12. 12.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −4 (d) 6
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 4 (d) 28
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 6
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 49 (d) 21
  16. 16.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) −13
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  18. 18.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 63 (c) 13 (d) −3
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  20. 20.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 56 (d) −4
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  22. 22.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −18 (d) −8
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 19 (d) −39
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −11 (d) −1
  25. 25.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 47 (c) −9 (d) −19
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 5
  28. 28.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −2
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  30. 30.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 13 (d) 33
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) 1
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 14
  34. 34.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 49 (d) −29
  35. 35.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 66 (c) 36 (d) −26
  36. 36.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 3 (d) 13
  38. 38.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 42 (c) −2 (d) 2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) −43
  40. 40.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. −5
  2. −15
  3. 10
  4. 0
  5. 1
  6. −12
  7. −9
  8. 10
  9. 5
  10. −7
  11. 25
  12. −4
  13. 28
  14. 0
  15. 39
  16. −13
  17. 33
  18. −13
  19. 2
  20. −4
  21. 14
  22. −8
  23. 39
  24. −1
  25. −19
  26. −7
  27. 9
  28. −2
  29. 35
  30. −4
  31. 33
  32. −1
  33. −2
  34. −29
  35. −36
  36. −4
  37. 13
  38. −2
  39. −43
  40. −4

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