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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 393 · 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 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 27
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 12
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) 31
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 16
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) −3 (d) 3
  7. 7.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −43 (c) 53 (d) 25
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 31 (d) 9
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  11. 11.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 28 (c) −4 (d) 4
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 10
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 11
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  21. 21.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) −6
  22. 22.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) −9
  23. 23.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 60 (c) 28 (d) −18
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 21
  25. 25.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 6
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 0
  27. 27.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  28. 28.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 37
  29. 29.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 23
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −8 (d) 2
  31. 31.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) 3
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 49 (d) 21
  33. 33.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −7 (d) 7
  34. 34.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) 7
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 29
  36. 36.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 68 (c) −16 (d) 16
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 29 (d) −41
  38. 38.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 77 (c) −17 (d) −7
  39. 39.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) −48
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 2
  3. 21
  4. 0
  5. 10
  6. −3
  7. −12
  8. 43
  9. 9
  10. −6
  11. −1
  12. 10
  13. 9
  14. 8
  15. 4
  16. 18
  17. −13
  18. 5
  19. 6
  20. −5
  21. −6
  22. 1
  23. −28
  24. 11
  25. 6
  26. −10
  27. 16
  28. −5
  29. −23
  30. −8
  31. −7
  32. 39
  33. −7
  34. 7
  35. 29
  36. −16
  37. 41
  38. −17
  39. −48
  40. 2

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