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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 32 · 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 −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) 4
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −4
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  4. 4.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  5. 5.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  6. 6.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 24 (c) −6 (d) 4
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 22 (d) 34
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  9. 9.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 39 (d) −29
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) 38
  11. 11.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −3 (d) 3
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) 13 (d) −27
  13. 13.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 10 (c) 28 (d) 18
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 18 (c) −36 (d) 36
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  18. 18.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 53 (d) −23
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 38 (c) 26 (d) −38
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  22. 22.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 85 (d) −23
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 23
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  25. 25.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 72 (c) −30 (d) 30
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  28. 28.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 22 (d) 6
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) −23
  30. 30.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 90 (d) −14
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  32. 32.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 63 (d) −29
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) −2 (d) 16
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 23
  36. 36.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −31 (c) 67 (d) 31
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 14
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) −33
  40. 40.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) −3

Answer key

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

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