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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 221 · 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 −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 23
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −6
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) −1 (d) 23
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  6. 6.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 25
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) −12
  8. 8.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) 15
  9. 9.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  10. 10.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 1
  11. 11.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 71 (c) 5 (d) −5
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 47
  15. 15.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 14
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 26
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) −3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  19. 19.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 51
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 2 (d) 24
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 29 (c) −31 (d) 41
  23. 23.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −1 (d) −15
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 10
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 21
  27. 27.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 81 (d) −3
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) 11
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 17 (c) 39 (d) −29
  32. 32.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 75
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 30 (c) 8 (d) −8
  34. 34.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 24 (d) 4
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −17 (d) −7
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  37. 37.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 5
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 31
  39. 39.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 11
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24

Answer key

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

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