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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 24 · 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 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 26 (c) 44 (d) 54
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 13
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 14
  5. 5.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 29 (c) 13 (d) −3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 16
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 13
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  11. 11.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 5 (d) 13
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 27
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  14. 14.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 23 (d) 11
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) −6 (d) 16
  16. 16.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −5 (d) −15
  17. 17.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −41 (c) 69 (d) −51
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 26
  20. 20.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 29 (d) 1
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 19
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 27 (d) 3
  23. 23.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 84 (d) −6
  25. 25.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 36
  26. 26.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 12 (c) 38 (d) 28
  29. 29.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) 13
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 15
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) 7
  33. 33.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 69
  35. 35.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  36. 36.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 39 (d) 11
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 14
  38. 38.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 19 (d) 41
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 44
  3. −1
  4. 2
  5. 3
  6. 4
  7. −13
  8. 6
  9. 8
  10. 12
  11. −13
  12. 27
  13. 13
  14. 11
  15. 16
  16. −15
  17. −51
  18. −3
  19. 26
  20. −9
  21. 37
  22. 3
  23. 0
  24. −16
  25. −14
  26. −7
  27. 1
  28. 28
  29. −7
  30. 3
  31. −9
  32. −3
  33. −2
  34. −7
  35. −1
  36. −11
  37. −8
  38. −10
  39. 41
  40. −7

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