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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 245 · 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 −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) −31
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −2
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 21 (d) 25
  8. 8.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) −16
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  10. 10.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 10
  11. 11.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 16 (d) 10
  12. 12.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 6
  13. 13.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 75 (d) −1
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) −40 (d) 16
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) 22
  16. 16.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) −15 (d) −5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 12
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) −4
  20. 20.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) −4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 17
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 16 (c) 34 (d) −24
  23. 23.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 51 (d) −31
  24. 24.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 28
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 22
  27. 27.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) 4
  28. 28.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) 31 (c) −31 (d) 41
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −13
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 17 (c) −39 (d) 39
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −19
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 70 (c) 0 (d) −10
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 20
  38. 38.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) −13
  39. 39.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 39 (d) −15
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9

Answer key

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

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