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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 559 · 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 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 15
  2. 2.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) 1 (c) 31 (d) −21
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) 44 (c) −44 (d) 22
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) −9 (d) 9
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 20 (d) 38
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −8 (d) −18
  8. 8.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) −32
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −1
  10. 10.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 16 (d) −10
  11. 11.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) −28
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 29
  13. 13.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 25
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −8
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −19
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) 30
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 12 (d) 6
  18. 18.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 20
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 28 (d) 10
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 15 (c) 33 (d) −33
  21. 21.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) −20
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 27
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 23
  25. 25.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  26. 26.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 35
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 42
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  30. 30.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) −16 (d) 16
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  32. 32.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 22 (c) −4 (d) 6
  33. 33.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 7
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) −6
  36. 36.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −51 (b) 63 (c) 51 (d) −41
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) −12
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 10 (d) 30
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 31
  40. 40.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 21
  3. 44
  4. 9
  5. 38
  6. 38
  7. −18
  8. −32
  9. −1
  10. −10
  11. −28
  12. 19
  13. −5
  14. −18
  15. −9
  16. 20
  17. −6
  18. 4
  19. 10
  20. 33
  21. −30
  22. −2
  23. 5
  24. 9
  25. −16
  26. −3
  27. 25
  28. 32
  29. −2
  30. −16
  31. 7
  32. −4
  33. 5
  34. −7
  35. 4
  36. −51
  37. 12
  38. 30
  39. 9
  40. −2

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