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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 242 · 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 −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 25
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 9 (d) 25
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 6 (d) −5
  4. 4.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  5. 5.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 51 (d) −3
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) −41
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −8
  8. 8.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 8
  9. 9.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 78
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 28 (d) 22
  11. 11.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) −36
  12. 12.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 81 (c) 3 (d) −3
  13. 13.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −13
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 12
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 58 (d) −34
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  18. 18.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −7
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) 15
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 7 (d) −29
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 24
  24. 24.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  25. 25.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 18
  26. 26.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 65
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) 44 (c) 24 (d) −44
  28. 28.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 46
  29. 29.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 47 (c) −31 (d) 31
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −4 (d) −20
  31. 31.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 80 (c) 4 (d) −6
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 29
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) 16
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 7
  35. 35.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 26
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) 7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 13
  39. 39.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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