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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 217 · 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.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 13 (d) −15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 24
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 21 (d) 3
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 24 (d) 10
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 22 (c) 34 (d) 24
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) 8
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 1
  9. 9.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 3
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 9
  11. 11.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 24
  12. 12.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) −2 (c) 24 (d) 14
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 21
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 17
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 16
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) −2 (c) 32 (d) 22
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) −32
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  20. 20.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) −7 (d) 3
  23. 23.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 44 (c) −32 (d) 32
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −21
  25. 25.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) 3 (d) −3
  27. 27.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 30
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 34
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 22
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 56 (c) −46 (d) 22
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −3
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 26 (d) 4
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) −10 (d) 0
  36. 36.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 88 (c) −16 (d) 16
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) −25 (d) 15
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 1 (c) −21 (d) 21
  39. 39.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 44 (c) −2 (d) 8
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 7 (c) −13 (d) 13

Answer key

  1. −15
  2. 0
  3. 13
  4. −3
  5. 10
  6. 24
  7. −2
  8. −1
  9. −3
  10. −5
  11. −24
  12. 16
  13. 14
  14. 23
  15. 23
  16. 6
  17. 22
  18. 32
  19. 12
  20. 2
  21. 2
  22. −7
  23. −32
  24. 21
  25. −8
  26. 3
  27. −18
  28. 34
  29. 2
  30. 46
  31. −2
  32. −3
  33. 11
  34. 4
  35. 0
  36. −16
  37. −15
  38. 21
  39. −2
  40. 13

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