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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 374 · 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 −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  3. 3.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  4. 4.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −24 (c) −4 (d) −14
  5. 5.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) 43 (c) −33 (d) 33
  6. 6.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) −39
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 25 (c) 27 (d) −27
  8. 8.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  10. 10.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 78 (d) 16
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) −27
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 20
  13. 13.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 15
  14. 14.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 1
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 15
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  17. 17.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 6
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 18
  19. 19.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) −23
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 6 (d) 14
  21. 21.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −9
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) 45 (c) −45 (d) 23
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 17
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 27 (d) 15
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −15 (d) −5
  27. 27.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 59 (c) −1 (d) 11
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) −4
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 22 (c) −46 (d) 56
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) 15 (d) −37
  31. 31.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) −7
  32. 32.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  33. 33.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −9
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 24 (c) 26 (d) 16
  35. 35.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 11
  37. 37.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 22
  39. 39.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) −2
  40. 40.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) 1

Answer key

  1. 8
  2. 8
  3. −11
  4. −14
  5. 33
  6. −39
  7. 27
  8. −8
  9. 38
  10. −16
  11. 27
  12. 10
  13. 9
  14. −9
  15. 15
  16. 0
  17. 0
  18. 16
  19. −33
  20. −14
  21. 1
  22. −6
  23. 45
  24. 7
  25. 5
  26. −15
  27. 1
  28. −4
  29. 46
  30. 37
  31. −17
  32. −10
  33. −9
  34. 16
  35. −3
  36. 1
  37. −16
  38. 36
  39. −2
  40. −1

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