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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 407 · 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 −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −7 (d) 7
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) −5
  4. 4.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) −18
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  6. 6.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 30
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 28 (d) −30
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 27
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −46 (b) 22 (c) 56 (d) 46
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 27
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  13. 13.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  14. 14.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 77
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 9
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 22 (c) 38 (d) 48
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 31 (c) −7 (d) 17
  18. 18.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 56 (c) −16 (d) 26
  19. 19.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −48 (b) −38 (c) 58 (d) 48
  20. 20.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 38 (d) 14
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) −17
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  25. 25.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 11
  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.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 12 (c) 34 (d) −34
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) 12
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  31. 31.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −15 (d) −5
  32. 32.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 49 (d) −11
  33. 33.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 30
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 8
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 4 (c) 34 (d) 24
  36. 36.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 36 (d) −8
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  39. 39.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 78
  40. 40.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. −18
  3. 5
  4. −8
  5. 9
  6. −9
  7. 20
  8. 30
  9. 3
  10. 46
  11. 27
  12. −5
  13. −14
  14. −29
  15. −7
  16. 38
  17. 7
  18. −26
  19. −48
  20. −14
  21. 2
  22. −17
  23. −7
  24. 23
  25. −8
  26. −13
  27. −50
  28. 34
  29. 2
  30. −1
  31. −5
  32. −11
  33. 10
  34. 18
  35. 24
  36. −8
  37. −4
  38. −6
  39. −4
  40. 2

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