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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 228 · 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 −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 20
  3. 3.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  5. 5.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 5
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 11 (c) −33 (d) 33
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 14 (c) −28 (d) 28
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 31
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 11
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 26
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  15. 15.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 83
  16. 16.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 23 (c) 53 (d) 43
  18. 18.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 73 (c) −5 (d) −15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 21
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 29 (c) −11 (d) 21
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  22. 22.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −2
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) −11
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  25. 25.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 6
  26. 26.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 41 (d) −3
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 1
  28. 28.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) 8
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  30. 30.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 44 (c) 20 (d) 10
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 15 (c) −35 (d) 35
  32. 32.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 60 (c) −50 (d) −40
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 13
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) −20
  35. 35.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 34
  36. 36.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
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −1
  38. 38.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −4
  39. 39.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 62
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. −4
  3. 7
  4. 30
  5. −1
  6. 1
  7. −11
  8. 33
  9. 12
  10. 28
  11. 7
  12. 7
  13. 34
  14. −14
  15. −23
  16. 0
  17. 43
  18. −5
  19. 27
  20. 11
  21. −6
  22. 2
  23. 11
  24. 30
  25. −10
  26. 3
  27. 1
  28. −2
  29. −7
  30. 10
  31. 35
  32. −50
  33. 3
  34. 20
  35. −22
  36. 3
  37. −1
  38. −4
  39. −12
  40. −2

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