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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 510 · 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 −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 5
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 23
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 14
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −4
  5. 5.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 33 (d) 35
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 34
  9. 9.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  10. 10.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  11. 11.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  13. 13.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −27 (c) −37 (d) 37
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 36
  15. 15.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 91 (c) 27 (d) −27
  16. 16.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  17. 17.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) 0 (d) −10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  19. 19.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 20
  20. 20.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 47 (d) 23
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 13 (d) 1
  22. 22.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −28 (c) −38 (d) 38
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) −9
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) −15 (d) 5
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 17
  29. 29.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 13
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 31 (c) −39 (d) 39
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) 32
  34. 34.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) −28
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) 7 (d) −31
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 27 (c) 35 (d) −35
  37. 37.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  38. 38.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 11 (d) 19
  39. 39.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 48 (c) 36 (d) −36
  40. 40.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 63 (c) 33 (d) −23

Answer key

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

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