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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 338 · 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 −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) 6
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 15 (d) 5
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 0 (c) 26 (d) −16
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 25
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 27 (d) 33
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 20
  9. 9.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 75
  10. 10.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 56 (c) 4 (d) 14
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  12. 12.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 73 (d) −27
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  15. 15.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 23
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  18. 18.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 47
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 31 (c) −9 (d) 19
  20. 20.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  21. 21.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 14
  22. 22.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) 17
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 29 (c) 11 (d) −11
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) 41
  28. 28.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) 5
  29. 29.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) −12
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −5
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 16
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 12
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) 3
  34. 34.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  35. 35.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 18
  36. 36.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −3
  38. 38.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 37
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) −11

Answer key

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

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