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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 189 · 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 −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 15
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) 33 (d) −23
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  6. 6.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −1
  7. 7.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 72 (d) −22
  8. 8.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 20 (c) −18 (d) 28
  9. 9.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −4
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  11. 11.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  13. 13.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 23
  14. 14.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  17. 17.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 11
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) 4
  20. 20.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −14
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 46
  22. 22.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  23. 23.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −46 (c) 68 (d) −36
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 18 (d) 16
  25. 25.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) −18
  26. 26.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 16
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 27 (d) −35
  28. 28.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) 14 (c) −14 (d) 4
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 14
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 73
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  34. 34.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) 13 (d) −3
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 55 (c) −45 (d) 45
  36. 36.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 31
  37. 37.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 11
  38. 38.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 68 (c) −22 (d) −12
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 58
  40. 40.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −4
  3. 7
  4. 23
  5. 22
  6. −1
  7. −32
  8. 18
  9. −4
  10. −2
  11. 0
  12. 9
  13. 1
  14. 7
  15. −3
  16. 30
  17. 3
  18. 3
  19. 4
  20. −14
  21. 36
  22. 9
  23. −46
  24. 16
  25. −28
  26. 4
  27. 35
  28. 14
  29. −2
  30. −5
  31. −17
  32. −1
  33. 20
  34. 3
  35. 45
  36. 9
  37. 5
  38. −22
  39. 0
  40. −10

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