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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 548 · 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 −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 29 (d) 11
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 7
  3. 3.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  4. 4.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 35
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) −26
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 12 (d) 14
  7. 7.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 32 (d) 10
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 30
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −10
  10. 10.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 19
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 16
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 40 (d) −28
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 11 (c) −33 (d) 33
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 11 (c) 41 (d) 31
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 15
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 11 (d) 17
  20. 20.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 25 (c) −1 (d) 9
  21. 21.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 86 (c) −8 (d) −18
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  23. 23.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 11 (d) −5
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  25. 25.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 6
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) −13
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −6
  31. 31.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 19
  32. 32.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) 1 (d) 21
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 1
  34. 34.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 16
  35. 35.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 27
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  39. 39.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) 5
  40. 40.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 16

Answer key

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

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