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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 501 · 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 −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 27 (c) 5 (d) 15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 10
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) 11
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 43
  5. 5.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −3
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 15
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 13
  9. 9.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  11. 11.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 3
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 29 (d) 5
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −16 (d) 26
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 11
  15. 15.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 2
  16. 16.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 0 (d) −24
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  19. 19.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) −2
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) −10
  21. 21.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 71 (d) −5
  22. 22.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 34
  24. 24.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 0 (c) 26 (d) 16
  26. 26.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 19
  28. 28.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −8
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 26
  31. 31.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 12
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  33. 33.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −4
  35. 35.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 6
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 26 (c) −40 (d) 40
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) −3
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 19

Answer key

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

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