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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 45 · 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 −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) 12
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) 23
  3. 3.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  5. 5.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 20
  7. 7.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  8. 8.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −8
  9. 9.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  10. 10.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) −20 (c) −30 (d) 30
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 8
  12. 12.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 68 (d) −10
  13. 13.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) −18
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 9
  15. 15.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) −26 (c) 16 (d) 26
  16. 16.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  17. 17.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  18. 18.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  19. 19.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 55 (c) −15 (d) −5
  20. 20.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −9
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 3
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 19
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 9 (d) 5
  24. 24.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  25. 25.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 24
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  28. 28.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 9 (d) −9
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  31. 31.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 51 (d) −9
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 19 (c) 41 (d) −41
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 30 (d) −34
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 13 (d) 41
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 25 (d) −29
  37. 37.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  38. 38.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2

Answer key

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

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