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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 500 · 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 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) −1
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 12
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) 14
  4. 4.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 50
  5. 5.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 66 (d) −42
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) −13
  7. 7.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) −8
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −9
  9. 9.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 17
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) −1
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 13
  12. 12.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −7 (d) 7
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  14. 14.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 48
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 28
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 2
  17. 17.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  19. 19.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) −20
  20. 20.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 78 (c) −32 (d) −22
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 24
  22. 22.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 8
  23. 23.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  25. 25.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) −9
  27. 27.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 9
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 12
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) 10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) −11 (d) 11
  31. 31.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 50
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  33. 33.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) 15
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) 22
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 22 (c) 42 (d) 52
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) −20
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 23 (c) −33 (d) 33
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) 2
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 5

Answer key

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

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