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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 28 · 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 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 26
  3. 3.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 18
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 44 (c) 54 (d) −44
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 1
  6. 6.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  7. 7.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 56 (d) 24
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 23 (d) 25
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 8
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 10 (c) 28 (d) 38
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) −1 (d) 3
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 20
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 21
  15. 15.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 91 (d) −11
  16. 16.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 47 (c) 21 (d) −21
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −1
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) −11
  19. 19.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 9
  21. 21.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 89 (d) 9
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 55
  24. 24.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) 4
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) 4
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 25
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 2
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 0
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 21
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 27 (c) 3 (d) −3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) −5 (d) 15
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 34 (c) 36 (d) −36
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  36. 36.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 57 (d) 19
  37. 37.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 24 (c) 8 (d) 18
  39. 39.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  40. 40.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 90 (c) −4 (d) 14

Answer key

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

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