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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 488 · 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 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −6
  2. 2.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −2
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 33 (d) −23
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) 28
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 67
  8. 8.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) −26 (d) 36
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 10 (c) −28 (d) 38
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 23 (c) 17 (d) 27
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 12
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) −11 (d) 11
  16. 16.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 60 (d) −12
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  18. 18.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 20
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) 17 (d) −23
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) 15
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  23. 23.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 36 (d) −18
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 6 (d) 12
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 23
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 14 (c) 30 (d) 20
  29. 29.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 27 (c) −29 (d) 39
  31. 31.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 25
  33. 33.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −9
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  36. 36.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 19
  37. 37.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 62 (d) −4
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 22
  39. 39.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 10
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 6

Answer key

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

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