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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 382 · 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 −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 22
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) −31
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 28
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 22 (d) 26
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) −16
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 5
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −47 (b) 57 (c) 47 (d) 23
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) 27
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 52 (c) 42 (d) −42
  11. 11.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) −2
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) 2
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 2
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −25
  15. 15.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  16. 16.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 46 (d) −32
  18. 18.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 75 (d) −13
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) −4
  20. 20.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 14
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 26
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 21
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 22 (d) 18
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 18 (d) −24
  28. 28.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) −15
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 7
  30. 30.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 26 (d) −4
  31. 31.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 4
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 35
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 16 (c) −26 (d) 26
  35. 35.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) 23
  36. 36.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 31 (d) −5
  37. 37.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 49 (d) 21
  38. 38.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 73 (c) −15 (d) −5
  39. 39.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −17 (d) −7
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) 11

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. −11
  3. 31
  4. 18
  5. 26
  6. 16
  7. 15
  8. 47
  9. 39
  10. 42
  11. −2
  12. 24
  13. 20
  14. 25
  15. −6
  16. −8
  17. −32
  18. −23
  19. 4
  20. −2
  21. 4
  22. 2
  23. 17
  24. 37
  25. 18
  26. 1
  27. 24
  28. −25
  29. −7
  30. −4
  31. 4
  32. 35
  33. 1
  34. 26
  35. −23
  36. 5
  37. 21
  38. −5
  39. −7
  40. 1

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