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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 322 · 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 −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −4
  3. 3.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) −1
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −10
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) 14
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 56 (c) −46 (d) 24
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −2
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  15. 15.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 51
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 30 (c) 8 (d) 18
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) 27 (d) −33
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) 13 (d) −33
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 4
  23. 23.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  25. 25.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) −30
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  27. 27.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −24 (d) −4
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  29. 29.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 55 (c) −23 (d) 33
  30. 30.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) −11
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 20
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 28
  34. 34.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −52 (c) 64 (d) −42
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 29
  37. 37.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −20 (c) 80 (d) 30
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −21 (d) 31
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 22 (c) 20 (d) 10
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 22

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. −4
  3. 1
  4. 10
  5. 7
  6. 9
  7. 20
  8. 14
  9. 5
  10. 13
  11. −6
  12. 46
  13. 2
  14. −2
  15. −4
  16. 41
  17. 5
  18. 8
  19. 33
  20. 33
  21. 11
  22. 14
  23. −12
  24. 2
  25. −40
  26. −6
  27. −14
  28. −7
  29. −33
  30. −14
  31. 11
  32. 10
  33. 4
  34. −52
  35. 25
  36. 5
  37. −30
  38. 21
  39. 10
  40. 14

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