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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 380 · 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 −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −7
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 17
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 18
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 61
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 17 (c) 31 (d) 21
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 1
  11. 11.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 22
  12. 12.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 83 (c) −29 (d) 29
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) 50
  14. 14.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 37
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) 17
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 45
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 21
  18. 18.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 13
  19. 19.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) −9
  20. 20.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 15
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 11
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 10
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 16
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 27 (d) 37
  26. 26.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 58
  27. 27.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −40 (c) 62 (d) −50
  28. 28.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 85 (d) −5
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  30. 30.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  31. 31.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) −33
  33. 33.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 10
  34. 34.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) −11
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 8
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −43 (c) 19 (d) 53
  37. 37.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) −15 (d) 13
  38. 38.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) −8
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 16 (d) 22
  40. 40.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. −13
  3. 2
  4. 14
  5. −4
  6. −10
  7. 7
  8. 21
  9. 1
  10. 0
  11. −4
  12. −29
  13. 40
  14. 7
  15. 7
  16. 35
  17. 5
  18. 3
  19. −9
  20. 0
  21. 31
  22. −15
  23. 8
  24. 6
  25. 37
  26. 22
  27. −50
  28. −5
  29. −15
  30. 0
  31. −10
  32. 33
  33. −14
  34. −11
  35. 8
  36. 43
  37. 15
  38. −8
  39. 12
  40. 0

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