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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 203 · 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 −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) 5
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  3. 3.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  4. 4.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) 6
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  6. 6.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  7. 7.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 13
  8. 8.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 16
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 15 (d) 25
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) −15 (d) −5
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 4
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  13. 13.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) 3
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 17
  15. 15.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 13 (c) −19 (d) 19
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  18. 18.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  19. 19.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 71 (d) 1
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 16
  22. 22.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 4
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 5
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  27. 27.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 2
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 45
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 3
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 16
  32. 32.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 53 (c) 29 (d) −19
  33. 33.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  34. 34.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 71 (d) 11
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 18
  36. 36.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 17
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  38. 38.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −9
  39. 39.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 16 (c) −10 (d) 20
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 6

Answer key

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

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