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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 21 · 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 −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 7
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 18 (d) 30
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 7
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  9. 9.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 9
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 14 (c) 34 (d) −34
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) 21
  16. 16.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) 22 (c) −22 (d) 32
  17. 17.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) 9
  18. 18.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 33
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) −9
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −6
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  25. 25.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 73 (c) −1 (d) 11
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 31 (c) 35 (d) −35
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 23
  28. 28.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  29. 29.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 18 (d) 12
  31. 31.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 62 (d) 28
  32. 32.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 25
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −5
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 11
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −6
  36. 36.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 21
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 7 (d) 1
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7

Answer key

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

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