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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 354 · 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 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 10
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 26
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 28 (d) −8
  4. 4.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) 37 (d) 27
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 42 (c) 52 (d) −42
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 9
  7. 7.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 99 (c) −9 (d) −19
  8. 8.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) 49 (d) −27
  9. 9.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 48
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) −5
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 26 (d) 44
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 33 (c) 35 (d) −35
  13. 13.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 24 (d) 14
  14. 14.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 2
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 2 (d) 6
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 16 (c) −10 (d) 0
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  20. 20.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 40 (c) −10 (d) 20
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 18
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 19 (c) 23 (d) 13
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 20 (c) −38 (d) 38
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 36
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −28
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 36 (d) 16
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) −13 (d) 23
  30. 30.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −34 (c) −24 (d) 34
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 5
  32. 32.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 26
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 8
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) −38
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 39 (d) −29
  37. 37.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 28 (c) 52 (d) −42
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 24 (d) −10
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) −7

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. 38
  3. 8
  4. 27
  5. 42
  6. 5
  7. −19
  8. 27
  9. 4
  10. −5
  11. 34
  12. 35
  13. 4
  14. 2
  15. −6
  16. −1
  17. −10
  18. 0
  19. 9
  20. 10
  21. 9
  22. 8
  23. −2
  24. 13
  25. 38
  26. 36
  27. 28
  28. 36
  29. 13
  30. −34
  31. 17
  32. 4
  33. 0
  34. −38
  35. −12
  36. 29
  37. −6
  38. 42
  39. 0
  40. −7

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