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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 208 · 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 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) 14
  2. 2.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) −4
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −44 (c) 54 (d) 44
  6. 6.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −53 (b) 53 (c) −43 (d) 67
  7. 7.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 40 (c) 28 (d) −28
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −40 (c) 50 (d) 40
  9. 9.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −8
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  12. 12.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 5
  13. 13.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  14. 14.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 41 (c) 3 (d) 7
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) 23
  16. 16.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −47 (b) −37 (c) 61 (d) 47
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 14
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 22
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) −1 (d) 3
  20. 20.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −13 (d) −3
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) −1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 10
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) 8
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) −1
  26. 26.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 92 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) −24
  27. 27.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 27 (c) 7 (d) 3
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 17 (d) −39
  29. 29.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) 3 (d) −7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  31. 31.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) −22
  32. 32.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 67
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  34. 34.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 30 (d) 8
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) 15
  36. 36.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 83 (c) −11 (d) 11
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 22
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 27
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. −2
  3. 4
  4. 10
  5. 44
  6. −53
  7. −28
  8. 40
  9. −8
  10. 7
  11. −10
  12. 5
  13. −3
  14. −3
  15. −23
  16. −47
  17. 4
  18. 32
  19. −7
  20. −13
  21. 1
  22. 28
  23. −3
  24. −8
  25. 1
  26. −24
  27. −3
  28. 39
  29. −7
  30. 10
  31. −12
  32. −19
  33. −6
  34. 8
  35. 33
  36. −11
  37. 3
  38. 12
  39. 5
  40. 39

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