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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 56 · 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 −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 15 (d) 1
  2. 2.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 49 (d) 39
  3. 3.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −22
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 22
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 0
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 32
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 10
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −26
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 15
  10. 10.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 1
  11. 11.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −15
  12. 12.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −6
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 26
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) −21
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −5 (c) −17 (d) 17
  16. 16.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 0
  19. 19.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  20. 20.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 48 (d) −34
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 31 (d) 17
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  23. 23.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 73 (c) 1 (d) 9
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 22
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) −6 (d) 6
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 54 (c) 24 (d) −44
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) 3
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 23
  29. 29.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 56 (c) 10 (d) −10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −1 (c) −23 (d) 23
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 57 (c) 23 (d) −47
  32. 32.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 72 (c) 2 (d) 8
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 6
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 1
  36. 36.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) −2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) −18
  38. 38.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 11
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 25 (c) −39 (d) 49

Answer key

  1. −1
  2. 29
  3. −12
  4. −2
  5. 22
  6. 22
  7. 32
  8. 26
  9. 9
  10. 0
  11. −5
  12. 6
  13. 6
  14. 21
  15. 17
  16. 3
  17. 6
  18. 0
  19. −5
  20. −34
  21. 7
  22. −3
  23. −1
  24. 2
  25. −6
  26. 44
  27. −3
  28. 11
  29. 10
  30. 23
  31. 47
  32. −8
  33. −4
  34. 12
  35. 1
  36. −2
  37. −28
  38. 5
  39. −4
  40. 39

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