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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 212 · 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 −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −6
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 13
  6. 6.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  7. 7.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 16
  8. 8.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) −38 (d) 48
  10. 10.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  11. 11.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −4 (c) −5 (d) −15
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 23 (c) 39 (d) 29
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  14. 14.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) −48 (c) 48 (d) 58
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 25
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  18. 18.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −25
  19. 19.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) 7
  21. 21.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 3
  23. 23.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 69 (c) 21 (d) −21
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) 1
  25. 25.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 16
  26. 26.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 62
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 19 (d) 31
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  29. 29.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) 16
  31. 31.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 9
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 56 (c) 46 (d) −46
  34. 34.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 9 (d) −13
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 15
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −46 (c) 24 (d) 56
  38. 38.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −4
  39. 39.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  40. 40.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 48 (d) −22

Answer key

  1. 9
  2. −1
  3. 6
  4. 8
  5. 1
  6. 14
  7. −12
  8. 1
  9. 38
  10. −18
  11. −5
  12. 29
  13. −5
  14. −9
  15. −48
  16. 3
  17. 5
  18. −15
  19. 12
  20. −3
  21. −20
  22. −3
  23. −21
  24. 1
  25. 2
  26. −42
  27. 31
  28. −4
  29. 5
  30. 38
  31. −3
  32. −1
  33. 46
  34. −14
  35. 13
  36. 17
  37. 46
  38. −14
  39. −7
  40. −32

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