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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 402 · 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.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 3 (c) −11 (d) 11
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) 11
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 19 (c) 49 (d) 39
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) 41
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  6. 6.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 13
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) −1
  8. 8.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) 16 (c) 28 (d) 18
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 26
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  11. 11.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 24
  12. 12.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  14. 14.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) 11
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  16. 16.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) −16
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −40 (c) 30 (d) 50
  18. 18.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 22
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 7
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −11
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  25. 25.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −19 (c) −29 (d) 29
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 20
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 31
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) −2
  30. 30.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) −8
  31. 31.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 81 (c) −23 (d) −13
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 13
  33. 33.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 70
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) −5 (d) 15
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) −5 (d) 15
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) −40
  37. 37.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 53 (d) −17
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 6
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  40. 40.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9

Answer key

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

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