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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 330 · 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 −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 23 (d) 17
  3. 3.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  4. 4.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  5. 5.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 12
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 25
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 3
  9. 9.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 17
  11. 11.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 16 (d) 0
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 46 (c) 26 (d) −36
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 26 (c) −40 (d) 40
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) −4
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 26
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 16
  18. 18.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 31 (c) 15 (d) −5
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) 11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −1
  21. 21.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 11
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −4
  24. 24.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 17
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 24 (c) −16 (d) 16
  26. 26.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 38
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 15
  29. 29.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 24
  30. 30.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  31. 31.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 2
  32. 32.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 94 (c) −26 (d) 26
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  34. 34.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 82 (d) −16
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 13
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 10
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 44
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 7 (c) −27 (d) 37
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 29 (c) 31 (d) 41

Answer key

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

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