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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 211 · 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 −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  3. 3.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) 9
  4. 4.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  5. 5.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) −29 (d) 55
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) 15
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) 9
  8. 8.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  9. 9.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) −8 (d) 2
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 2
  11. 11.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 96 (d) −16
  12. 12.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  13. 13.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) 21
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 24
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 16
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) −10 (d) 10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −7 (d) 7
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 20
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) −16 (d) 16
  23. 23.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 8 (d) 2
  24. 24.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  25. 25.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) −22
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 5 (d) −23
  27. 27.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) −3
  28. 28.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) 23
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 18
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 20 (c) 44 (d) 34
  31. 31.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 15
  32. 32.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 51 (c) −27 (d) 37
  33. 33.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 13
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 16
  36. 36.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 53 (d) 9
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 23 (c) 19 (d) 9
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −20 (d) −10
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 29
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 13 (c) −15 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 18
  3. −1
  4. −9
  5. −39
  6. 5
  7. −9
  8. −7
  9. −8
  10. −10
  11. −16
  12. −6
  13. −9
  14. 29
  15. 34
  16. 26
  17. 10
  18. 7
  19. 15
  20. −4
  21. 26
  22. −16
  23. −2
  24. 5
  25. −22
  26. 23
  27. 3
  28. −23
  29. 42
  30. 34
  31. 7
  32. −37
  33. 1
  34. −1
  35. 14
  36. −1
  37. 9
  38. −10
  39. 41
  40. −15

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