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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 536 · 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 −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 19
  3. 3.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) 15
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 23
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) −1
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) 16
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  10. 10.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) −16
  11. 11.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 65 (d) 3
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −4 (d) 4
  13. 13.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 71 (c) 13 (d) 3
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 12
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 24
  16. 16.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 55
  17. 17.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 85 (c) −7 (d) 3
  18. 18.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  20. 20.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) −26
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) −14
  22. 22.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 56 (d) −38
  23. 23.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) −9 (d) 9
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) −18 (d) 18
  25. 25.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 12 (d) 14
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 12
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 25 (c) −39 (d) 39
  29. 29.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 15
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) −6
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 13 (d) 41
  33. 33.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −4
  34. 34.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 54 (d) −26
  35. 35.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) −26
  36. 36.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 14
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 19
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) 13
  39. 39.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1

Answer key

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

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