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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 518 · 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 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  2. 2.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  3. 3.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) 15
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  7. 7.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 54 (d) −18
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  10. 10.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −7
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  12. 12.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
  13. 13.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) −19
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 6 (d) 28
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) 9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 3
  18. 18.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 23 (d) 7
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 12 (c) 28 (d) 18
  20. 20.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 57 (d) −9
  21. 21.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 42 (c) −24 (d) 24
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 27
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 3
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  25. 25.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 87 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) −1
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 31
  30. 30.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) 38 (c) 10 (d) −28
  31. 31.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 90 (c) −14 (d) 24
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 10
  33. 33.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 39 (c) −7 (d) −17
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 9
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) −3
  36. 36.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) 1
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 7
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  39. 39.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) 52 (c) 22 (d) 42
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 11

Answer key

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

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