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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 481 · 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.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 27
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 1
  4. 4.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 46 (c) −10 (d) −20
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 15
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −1
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 17
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 36 (d) −26
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) −6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −6
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 5
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 18
  15. 15.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) −28 (c) −18 (d) 28
  16. 16.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  17. 17.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) −2
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 24
  19. 19.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 87 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  21. 21.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 10 (d) 18
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 21
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) −36 (d) 46
  25. 25.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −11
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  27. 27.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 17 (d) −1
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 12
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 21
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 24
  32. 32.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) 48 (d) −26
  33. 33.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 43 (d) −5
  34. 34.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) 18 (d) −8
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 10
  36. 36.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 3
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) 24
  40. 40.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9

Answer key

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

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