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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 486 · 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 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 9 (d) 5
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −11
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 25
  4. 4.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) −11 (d) 11
  5. 5.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  7. 7.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 87 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 19
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  9. 9.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) −4
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 18
  11. 11.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 27 (c) −11 (d) 21
  12. 12.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) 2
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 26
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 17 (c) 51 (d) 41
  15. 15.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 10
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 4 (d) 6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  19. 19.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 57 (c) −1 (d) 1
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 30
  22. 22.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 57 (c) −15 (d) −25
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  24. 24.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 66 (c) −8 (d) 2
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  26. 26.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 61 (c) −5 (d) 15
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 34 (d) −24
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) 22 (d) −16
  29. 29.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 46 (c) 8 (d) −2
  30. 30.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 6
  32. 32.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 14
  33. 33.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) 17
  35. 35.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 45
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) −23
  39. 39.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 21 (d) 3
  40. 40.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15

Answer key

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

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