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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 241 · 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 −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) 11
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) −3
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −3
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −2 (d) 26
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 30
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  8. 8.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −1 (c) −7 (d) 7
  11. 11.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) −2
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 10
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 28 (d) −30
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 4
  16. 16.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 12
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 9
  18. 18.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 79 (c) 41 (d) −41
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 23
  21. 21.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) −1 (c) 33 (d) −23
  22. 22.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 8
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 7 (d) 37
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 31 (d) −35
  25. 25.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 58 (d) 12
  26. 26.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 21
  28. 28.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) −16
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) 28
  32. 32.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  33. 33.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  34. 34.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 22
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) −10 (d) 0
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) 1
  38. 38.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −53 (c) −43 (d) 65
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 28 (c) −8 (d) 18
  40. 40.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. −14
  3. 13
  4. −3
  5. 16
  6. 6
  7. −3
  8. −4
  9. 4
  10. −7
  11. −2
  12. 19
  13. 4
  14. 30
  15. 14
  16. 2
  17. −9
  18. −41
  19. 12
  20. 11
  21. 23
  22. 0
  23. 27
  24. 35
  25. 12
  26. −5
  27. −3
  28. −26
  29. −9
  30. −5
  31. 38
  32. −3
  33. 4
  34. −6
  35. −4
  36. 0
  37. −9
  38. −53
  39. 8
  40. −8

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