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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 345 · 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 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 15 (d) 9
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) −6 (d) 6
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 15
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 20
  6. 6.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −2
  8. 8.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 1
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 15
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  11. 11.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 21
  12. 12.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  13. 13.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  14. 14.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) −7
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 3
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  20. 20.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −14 (d) 24
  21. 21.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −3
  22. 22.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 0
  23. 23.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  24. 24.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 55 (c) 5 (d) −5
  25. 25.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  26. 26.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 2
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 9
  28. 28.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) −43 (d) 73
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 29 (c) −7 (d) 17
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 10
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 29 (d) −35
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) −19 (d) 19
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −7 (d) 7
  35. 35.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 46
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 24 (c) −10 (d) 10
  37. 37.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 19
  38. 38.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 57
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −44 (c) 44 (d) 54
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 20

Answer key

  1. −9
  2. −3
  3. 6
  4. 9
  5. 6
  6. 0
  7. −2
  8. −9
  9. 1
  10. 5
  11. −21
  12. −3
  13. −7
  14. 3
  15. 13
  16. −1
  17. 28
  18. 23
  19. 0
  20. 14
  21. −3
  22. 0
  23. −5
  24. −5
  25. −18
  26. −2
  27. 1
  28. −43
  29. 7
  30. 1
  31. 2
  32. 35
  33. −19
  34. −7
  35. 6
  36. 10
  37. −7
  38. 23
  39. 44
  40. 10

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