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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 521 · 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 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 16
  3. 3.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  5. 5.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 88
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 12
  8. 8.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 23
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) 15
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 25
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) −14 (d) 14
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) 27 (d) −17
  16. 16.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 46
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 23 (c) 21 (d) 11
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) −16
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 16
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) −12
  21. 21.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −34 (c) 50 (d) 34
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 38
  23. 23.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 7
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 2
  25. 25.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 20 (d) 2
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) −26
  27. 27.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) 2
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 20 (d) 32
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) −22
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −3
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) −11
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  33. 33.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 45 (d) −29
  34. 34.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −14
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 22 (d) 6
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 12 (c) 34 (d) 24
  37. 37.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 63
  38. 38.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 11
  39. 39.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 3 (d) 7
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −5

Answer key

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

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