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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 556 · 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 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) 16 (d) −22
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −15 (d) −5
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) 13
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 12 (d) −6
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −15
  10. 10.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) −17
  11. 11.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) −21
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  13. 13.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 51 (d) −37
  14. 14.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) −2 (d) 2
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 26
  16. 16.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 8
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 17
  19. 19.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) −14
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  22. 22.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 79
  23. 23.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) 10
  24. 24.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) 19 (c) 39 (d) 49
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 6 (c) −30 (d) 30
  26. 26.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 5
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 20
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 8
  31. 31.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 3
  32. 32.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 59
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 20
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) 19 (d) −31
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  36. 36.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) −9
  37. 37.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) −18
  38. 38.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 6
  39. 39.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −17
  40. 40.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 47 (d) −7

Answer key

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

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