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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 346 · 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 −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) 13
  2. 2.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 31
  4. 4.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  5. 5.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 1
  6. 6.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 1
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −2 (c) −18 (d) 18
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) −37
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 25
  10. 10.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 4
  12. 12.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 19 (d) −17
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 41
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) 2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −34
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 24
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 2
  19. 19.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  20. 20.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 78 (c) −20 (d) 30
  21. 21.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 28
  23. 23.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 52 (c) 14 (d) −14
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 19
  25. 25.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 81 (d) 1
  26. 26.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) 15
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 20
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 46
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 4
  32. 32.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 15
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 2 (d) 24
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 27 (c) 23 (d) 13
  36. 36.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 21 (c) −5 (d) −15
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 4 (d) 36
  39. 39.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −4

Answer key

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

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