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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 220 · 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 −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) −8
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) −4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 25 (d) 9
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 1
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  8. 8.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 17
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 31
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 20 (d) 46
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) 25 (d) −31
  12. 12.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 15
  13. 13.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) −9
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 28 (d) −40
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 15 (c) 45 (d) 35
  21. 21.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 67
  22. 22.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 52
  23. 23.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 42
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) 18
  26. 26.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 5 (c) 11 (d) −11
  27. 27.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 44
  28. 28.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 16
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 8 (c) 40 (d) 30
  32. 32.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 71 (c) −31 (d) 41
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 2
  35. 35.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 16
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) 29
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 3 (c) −15 (d) 5

Answer key

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

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