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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 377 · 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 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 24 (d) 10
  2. 2.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) −15 (d) −5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) 8
  4. 4.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 92
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 1 (c) −23 (d) 23
  6. 6.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 39 (d) −9
  7. 7.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) −29
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 4
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 9
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 24
  13. 13.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) −1 (d) 11
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 18
  15. 15.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) −17
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 10 (d) 22
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 17 (c) 33 (d) 23
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −6
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) 26 (d) −32
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −44 (c) 20 (d) 54
  21. 21.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 19
  22. 22.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) 8
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 28 (c) 46 (d) 36
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 6 (d) −5
  25. 25.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 33 (d) 23
  26. 26.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 40 (d) 6
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) 10 (d) −26
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 21
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −5
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 16
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 23 (c) 17 (d) 7
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) −15
  35. 35.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 39 (c) −27 (d) −17
  36. 36.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  37. 37.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 9 (d) −7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 3
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 50 (d) 18
  40. 40.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

Answer key

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

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