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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 306 · 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 −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  2. 2.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) −13
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 5
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 3
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 2 (d) 4
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) 3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) −15 (d) −5
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 22 (d) 0
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 15
  11. 11.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 81 (c) −5 (d) −15
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) −18
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) 28
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 5 (c) −27 (d) 27
  17. 17.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 12
  18. 18.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 22
  19. 19.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 9
  21. 21.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) −12
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 47
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) 9 (d) −9
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 8
  27. 27.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  28. 28.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  29. 29.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 12
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) −41
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −2 (d) 2
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) 13
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) −13
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 7 (c) 31 (d) 21
  39. 39.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) −15
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 18 (d) 6

Answer key

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

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