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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 524 · 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 −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 9
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 28 (d) 8
  3. 3.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  4. 4.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 12
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  8. 8.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 19
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) 6 (d) −28
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 2
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 5
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 13 (d) 5
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) −10
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 34
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 30
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 1
  17. 17.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) 3
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 13 (c) −35 (d) 35
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 8
  23. 23.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) −17 (d) 41
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 17 (d) −13
  26. 26.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  27. 27.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) −17
  28. 28.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 37 (c) −11 (d) −1
  29. 29.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 84 (c) 24 (d) −14
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 48 (c) 14 (d) −38
  31. 31.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  33. 33.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 46
  34. 34.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 8
  35. 35.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 21
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 24
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) 20
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) −15 (d) 25
  40. 40.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 82 (c) −4 (d) 6

Answer key

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

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