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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 206 · 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 night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) 22
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 20
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 32 (c) −8 (d) 18
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) −22
  5. 5.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 53
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 24
  7. 7.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  8. 8.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 94 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 26
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 4
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 31
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 25
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 18
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 9
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 26
  15. 15.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 17
  16. 16.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 8
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 15 (c) 35 (d) −35
  18. 18.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 25 (c) −5 (d) −15
  19. 19.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) −10
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −4
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) 31
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) 19
  23. 23.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −28 (c) 72 (d) 28
  24. 24.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) −46
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) 52
  26. 26.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) 1
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 15 (d) 1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) −13 (d) 23
  29. 29.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 34
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 24 (d) 0
  32. 32.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 3
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) 18
  35. 35.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 43 (c) −1 (d) 1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 24 (c) 40 (d) −40
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 19 (d) 9
  38. 38.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) −21
  39. 39.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 66 (c) 2 (d) 8
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 25

Answer key

  1. 24
  2. 2
  3. 8
  4. 22
  5. 11
  6. 12
  7. 6
  8. −26
  9. 4
  10. 21
  11. 1
  12. −2
  13. 3
  14. 6
  15. −13
  16. 0
  17. 35
  18. −5
  19. −10
  20. −4
  21. 35
  22. 9
  23. −28
  24. −46
  25. 42
  26. −1
  27. −9
  28. 13
  29. −9
  30. 36
  31. 0
  32. −9
  33. −3
  34. 8
  35. −1
  36. 40
  37. 9
  38. −21
  39. −2
  40. 5

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