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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 471 · 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 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 17
  2. 2.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) −8
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  5. 5.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  6. 6.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 20
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) 14
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  9. 9.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 70
  10. 10.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −2
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 23 (d) 15
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 29
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 16
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) −40 (c) 28 (d) 40
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −2 (c) −22 (d) 22
  17. 17.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −8 (d) 8
  18. 18.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 11
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) −5 (d) 15
  20. 20.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  21. 21.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 18
  22. 22.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 45
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) 31 (d) −33
  24. 24.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 46 (d) −22
  25. 25.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) −8
  26. 26.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 42 (d) −10
  27. 27.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 21 (c) −45 (d) 55
  29. 29.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 15 (d) 11
  30. 30.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) −9
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) 7
  32. 32.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 43
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 15 (c) 33 (d) 23
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 13
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) −20
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 13 (d) −5
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −10
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  39. 39.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 94 (d) −14
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 26

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. 3
  3. −8
  4. −1
  5. −4
  6. −4
  7. 4
  8. −1
  9. −10
  10. −2
  11. 4
  12. 5
  13. 19
  14. 12
  15. 40
  16. 22
  17. −8
  18. −11
  19. 5
  20. −2
  21. −6
  22. −13
  23. 33
  24. −32
  25. −8
  26. 10
  27. 4
  28. 45
  29. −11
  30. −9
  31. −7
  32. 5
  33. 23
  34. 23
  35. −10
  36. −5
  37. 10
  38. 26
  39. −14
  40. 26

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