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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 213 · 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 −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 26
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) 0 (d) −16
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 13
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 17
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 2
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 5 (d) 15
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) 25
  11. 11.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) −13
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 20 (c) 42 (d) −32
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) −2 (d) 2
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 28 (d) −18
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 26 (d) 8
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  18. 18.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 62 (d) −48
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 18
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  21. 21.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) −17 (c) 37 (d) 27
  24. 24.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 3
  25. 25.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  26. 26.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  27. 27.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  28. 28.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  29. 29.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 72 (d) −12
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 59
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 19
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  34. 34.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −6
  35. 35.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 69 (c) −13 (d) −23
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 3
  38. 38.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 10
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. −2
  3. 16
  4. −5
  5. 19
  6. 2
  7. −22
  8. −10
  9. 5
  10. 39
  11. −13
  12. 32
  13. 0
  14. −2
  15. 18
  16. 8
  17. 3
  18. −48
  19. 24
  20. −2
  21. 0
  22. 2
  23. −27
  24. 3
  25. 8
  26. −2
  27. −8
  28. −15
  29. −22
  30. 34
  31. 21
  32. 5
  33. 16
  34. −6
  35. −23
  36. 11
  37. −3
  38. −6
  39. −4
  40. 13

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