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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 522 · 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 −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 5
  2. 2.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 23 (c) −5 (d) −15
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 20
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) 15 (d) −19
  6. 6.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 19
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) 36
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 14
  10. 10.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) −20
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 9
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 19 (d) 49
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) 30 (d) −20
  16. 16.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 5
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) −10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 29
  19. 19.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) 0
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 20
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 10 (d) 16
  22. 22.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −2
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) 33
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 10
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 24
  27. 27.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 33 (c) 13 (d) −3
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) −15 (d) −5
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 26
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) −5
  32. 32.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 11
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 8
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 22
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 14
  36. 36.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) 28 (d) 52
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) 28
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 15 (d) 27
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 7 (c) 39 (d) 29

Answer key

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

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