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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 362 · 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 −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 11 (d) 19
  2. 2.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) 11
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 12 (c) −24 (d) 24
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 14
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 16
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) −24
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 4
  10. 10.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 89 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  11. 11.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 68 (d) −32
  12. 12.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) 4
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 9
  15. 15.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 20
  16. 16.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 82 (c) 0 (d) −10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 26
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) 12
  19. 19.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 32 (d) −8
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  23. 23.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 45
  24. 24.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  25. 25.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 67 (d) −5
  26. 26.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 45 (c) −21 (d) −11
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  28. 28.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 0 (d) 24
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 9 (d) 17
  31. 31.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) 20 (d) 0
  32. 32.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  33. 33.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −44 (b) 68 (c) 44 (d) −34
  34. 34.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 85 (d) 11
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) −11 (d) 11
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 4
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 26 (d) −16
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 5
  40. 40.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 1

Answer key

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

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