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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 180 · 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 −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 29 (d) 11
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) 4
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −46 (c) 22 (d) 56
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 26
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 18 (c) 48 (d) 38
  7. 7.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  8. 8.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 7
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  11. 11.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 18
  12. 12.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  13. 13.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −18 (c) −28 (d) 28
  14. 14.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 27
  15. 15.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) −9 (d) 9
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 8
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) −30
  19. 19.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 66 (c) −4 (d) 4
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 42
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 19
  25. 25.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 65
  26. 26.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  27. 27.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) 37 (c) 9 (d) −27
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 5 (c) −27 (d) 27
  29. 29.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 63 (c) 27 (d) −17
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) −10
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 9
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) −2 (d) 8
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) −3
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −15
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 23
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 8 (d) 6
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. 11
  2. −6
  3. 4
  4. 46
  5. 26
  6. 38
  7. −5
  8. −8
  9. −1
  10. 38
  11. 0
  12. −16
  13. −28
  14. −3
  15. 9
  16. 9
  17. 20
  18. 30
  19. −4
  20. −4
  21. −3
  22. 32
  23. 39
  24. −5
  25. 11
  26. 11
  27. 27
  28. 27
  29. 17
  30. 0
  31. −1
  32. −2
  33. −8
  34. 13
  35. −3
  36. 15
  37. 9
  38. 13
  39. 6
  40. 17

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