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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 388 · 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 −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 15
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) −20
  3. 3.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 6
  4. 4.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −10
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −15
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) 3
  7. 7.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 19
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) −7
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 25 (c) 19 (d) −9
  11. 11.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) 9
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −9 (d) 9
  13. 13.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 8 (d) 16
  14. 14.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) −49 (c) 61 (d) 49
  15. 15.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 8
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  17. 17.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 4
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 42
  20. 20.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  21. 21.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 42
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) 38
  23. 23.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) −9
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) 1 (d) 31
  26. 26.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) −11 (d) −1
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −8 (d) −2
  28. 28.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 41 (c) 21 (d) −11
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 7
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 19 (c) 43 (d) −33
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 4
  33. 33.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 53 (d) −7
  34. 34.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 68 (c) −34 (d) −44
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −1
  36. 36.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 15
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 30 (c) 44 (d) 34
  39. 39.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) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. −20
  3. 6
  4. −10
  5. −15
  6. 3
  7. −15
  8. −5
  9. 7
  10. 9
  11. −9
  12. 9
  13. −16
  14. −49
  15. −8
  16. 1
  17. −7
  18. −4
  19. 32
  20. 10
  21. 0
  22. 38
  23. −19
  24. −9
  25. 21
  26. −11
  27. 2
  28. −21
  29. 13
  30. 33
  31. 11
  32. −4
  33. 7
  34. −44
  35. −1
  36. 4
  37. −1
  38. 34
  39. 31
  40. 0

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