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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 479 · 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 −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 10
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) −14
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) −26 (d) 36
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −4
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 32
  7. 7.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) 37
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  12. 12.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) −7
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 14 (d) −30
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 28
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  16. 16.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  17. 17.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 28 (d) 0
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −8
  20. 20.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 54 (c) −42 (d) −32
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −6
  22. 22.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 17
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) −18
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 9
  26. 26.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) 12
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 12
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 30 (d) 10
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) −3
  34. 34.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 7
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 20
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −3
  39. 39.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) −5 (d) −15
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. 14
  3. 26
  4. −4
  5. 35
  6. 22
  7. −7
  8. 27
  9. 0
  10. −16
  11. 17
  12. 7
  13. 30
  14. 4
  15. 20
  16. −13
  17. −10
  18. 2
  19. −8
  20. −42
  21. −6
  22. 3
  23. 18
  24. 2
  25. 9
  26. −1
  27. −4
  28. −4
  29. 12
  30. 0
  31. −16
  32. 10
  33. 3
  34. 15
  35. 15
  36. 15
  37. 2
  38. −3
  39. −15
  40. 5

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