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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 22 · 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 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 14
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 30
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 4 (d) 2
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 23 (c) 37 (d) −37
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 10
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 2
  9. 9.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −15
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) −2
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  14. 14.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 49 (c) −11 (d) −21
  15. 15.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 50 (c) −36 (d) −26
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 17
  17. 17.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 25 (d) 9
  18. 18.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 0 (d) 32
  20. 20.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 19
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 22
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 47
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 26
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −10
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 50
  29. 29.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 34
  30. 30.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 19
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 26 (c) 46 (d) 36
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 25 (d) 37
  33. 33.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 75 (c) 1 (d) −1
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 3
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 12
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 11 (d) −1
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −11
  38. 38.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 47 (c) 27 (d) −17
  39. 39.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 1
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 14 (c) 38 (d) −38

Answer key

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

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