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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 288 · 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 −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 2
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  3. 3.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −43 (c) 53 (d) −53
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 0
  5. 5.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 97 (c) 17 (d) −7
  6. 6.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 55
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) −10
  9. 9.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 53 (c) 43 (d) −43
  11. 11.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  12. 12.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −16
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −11
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) 6
  19. 19.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 25
  21. 21.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 9
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) −40 (d) 22
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 32 (d) −8
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 15 (d) 29
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −6
  29. 29.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 17
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  31. 31.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) −8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) −3 (c) 25 (d) 15
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 3
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 9 (d) 41
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 20 (d) −14
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) −29
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 17 (d) −23

Answer key

  1. −6
  2. −6
  3. −53
  4. 18
  5. −17
  6. 13
  7. 2
  8. 10
  9. −15
  10. 43
  11. 8
  12. −16
  13. 4
  14. −6
  15. −11
  16. 9
  17. 23
  18. 18
  19. 3
  20. 31
  21. −5
  22. −1
  23. 18
  24. 40
  25. 25
  26. 8
  27. 29
  28. −6
  29. 5
  30. 2
  31. −8
  32. 1
  33. 15
  34. 3
  35. 31
  36. −3
  37. 14
  38. 39
  39. 29
  40. 23

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