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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 366 · 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 −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) −5
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 12
  3. 3.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) 32
  6. 6.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 15 (d) 9
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 17
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −9
  9. 9.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 28 (d) 10
  10. 10.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  11. 11.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  12. 12.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) 20
  14. 14.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) −8
  15. 15.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 4
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −10
  20. 20.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  21. 21.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  22. 22.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) −2
  23. 23.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  24. 24.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 40 (c) 24 (d) −24
  25. 25.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 70 (d) −12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 22 (c) 26 (d) −26
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  29. 29.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  30. 30.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 22
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  33. 33.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) 15
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 27 (c) 3 (d) 13
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 10 (d) 14
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) −7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 21
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −12

Answer key

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

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