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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 526 · 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 −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 13
  4. 4.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  5. 5.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) 8
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 29 (d) −11
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) −13
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 24
  9. 9.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) 17
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  12. 12.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 36 (c) 8 (d) −8
  13. 13.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 24 (d) −8
  15. 15.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) 7
  16. 16.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −8 (d) 2
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −10 (d) 0
  18. 18.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 65 (c) −3 (d) −13
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) −4
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 14
  22. 22.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  23. 23.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 16
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 9 (d) 1
  25. 25.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d) −40
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 49 (d) 29
  29. 29.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 8
  30. 30.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  31. 31.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 11 (c) −27 (d) 37
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) 32
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) −13
  35. 35.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  36. 36.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  37. 37.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 28
  39. 39.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  40. 40.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 35 (c) 3 (d) 7

Answer key

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

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