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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 48 · 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 −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) −6
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 27
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 50 (c) −40 (d) 40
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 16 (c) 42 (d) −32
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −8 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 18
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 0
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 24 (c) 0 (d) −10
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 26 (c) 22 (d) 12
  9. 9.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) 22 (c) −2 (d) −22
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) 9
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 15
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  13. 13.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) −11
  15. 15.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 24
  16. 16.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 72
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) −3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) 21
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 11 (c) −29 (d) 29
  20. 20.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 28
  21. 21.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 49 (d) 17
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 43 (c) −43 (d) 23
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 28 (c) 10 (d) −10
  25. 25.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) 8
  26. 26.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  27. 27.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 0
  29. 29.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) 68 (c) −50 (d) 50
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 24 (d) 34
  31. 31.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 7 (c) 29 (d) −29
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  34. 34.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 68 (d) −4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 14
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  37. 37.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 45 (c) −9 (d) 9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) −4
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  40. 40.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 45 (c) −7 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. 6
  2. 33
  3. 40
  4. 32
  5. 8
  6. 18
  7. 0
  8. 12
  9. 22
  10. −1
  11. 39
  12. 0
  13. 20
  14. 11
  15. 10
  16. −2
  17. −3
  18. 19
  19. 29
  20. −2
  21. 17
  22. 43
  23. −16
  24. 10
  25. −2
  26. 0
  27. −12
  28. −10
  29. −50
  30. 34
  31. −4
  32. 29
  33. 23
  34. −14
  35. 4
  36. 1
  37. 9
  38. −4
  39. 6
  40. −17

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