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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 364 · 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 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 20 (d) −10
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 26 (d) 36
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 18
  6. 6.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 66 (d) −14
  7. 7.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 6 (d) 34
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 11 (c) 33 (d) −33
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 23
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 23
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) 27 (d) −33
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) 6
  14. 14.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 30
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 5
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) 15
  17. 17.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) −9
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −9
  19. 19.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) 62 (c) −50 (d) 50
  20. 20.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −32 (c) −42 (d) 42
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) 15
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 33
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 27
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  25. 25.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 7 (c) −5 (d) 5
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 14
  27. 27.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 10
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 23 (c) −35 (d) 45
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 1
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) −12
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) −34
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) −40 (c) 26 (d) 40
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 7
  36. 36.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 87 (d) 19
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) 8
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 26 (c) −42 (d) 42
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 64 (c) 4 (d) −6
  40. 40.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 74 (c) −2 (d) 2

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. 36
  3. 3
  4. −2
  5. 8
  6. −24
  7. −7
  8. 24
  9. 33
  10. 17
  11. 37
  12. 33
  13. 6
  14. 2
  15. 5
  16. 15
  17. −19
  18. −9
  19. −50
  20. −42
  21. 5
  22. 33
  23. 13
  24. 29
  25. −5
  26. 4
  27. −12
  28. 35
  29. 8
  30. 1
  31. −8
  32. 12
  33. 34
  34. 40
  35. −3
  36. −19
  37. 28
  38. 42
  39. −6
  40. 2

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