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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 363 · 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 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −7
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 8
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 50 (c) −40 (d) 40
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) 10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  6. 6.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) 9
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) 12
  9. 9.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 75 (c) −39 (d) 39
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 21 (c) −3 (d) 3
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 13
  12. 12.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 17 (d) 5
  13. 13.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 70 (d) 2
  14. 14.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) −31
  16. 16.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) −2
  17. 17.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 28
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) −41
  19. 19.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 65
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 9 (c) 37 (d) −27
  22. 22.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) 25 (c) 15 (d) −5
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 7
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 16
  25. 25.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 29 (c) −9 (d) 1
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 16 (c) 0 (d) 10
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) −3
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 18
  29. 29.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −18 (d) −8
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 30 (d) 38
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 31 (c) −39 (d) 39
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 10 (d) 28
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 37
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 33
  35. 35.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −26
  38. 38.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 44
  39. 39.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 36 (d) −6
  40. 40.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) −1

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. 30
  3. 40
  4. 10
  5. 11
  6. −4
  7. −1
  8. 12
  9. −39
  10. −3
  11. −7
  12. −5
  13. 2
  14. −10
  15. 31
  16. −2
  17. −10
  18. 41
  19. 15
  20. −10
  21. 27
  22. 15
  23. −3
  24. 34
  25. −9
  26. 0
  27. 3
  28. −4
  29. −8
  30. 38
  31. 39
  32. 28
  33. 27
  34. 33
  35. −2
  36. 12
  37. 26
  38. −16
  39. −6
  40. 1

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