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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 566 · 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.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 27 (d) 7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 12
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 8 (c) −22 (d) 22
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 7 (d) 5
  7. 7.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 77
  8. 8.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) −31
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 20 (c) −42 (d) 42
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 9
  11. 11.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 90
  12. 12.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 63 (c) 7 (d) −7
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 33 (c) 45 (d) −35
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) −7
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) 0 (d) −24
  16. 16.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  18. 18.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −4
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) 6
  21. 21.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −25 (d) −15
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 25 (d) 27
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  24. 24.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 58
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  26. 26.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −2
  27. 27.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 24 (c) 0 (d) 10
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 29
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) −5
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 0
  32. 32.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  33. 33.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 26 (d) −14
  34. 34.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 75 (d) −25
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 10
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −2
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 12

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 10
  3. 24
  4. 22
  5. 13
  6. 5
  7. −3
  8. −41
  9. 42
  10. 3
  11. −18
  12. 7
  13. 35
  14. 7
  15. 24
  16. −13
  17. 16
  18. 4
  19. −11
  20. −4
  21. −15
  22. 27
  23. 4
  24. −4
  25. −5
  26. −2
  27. 0
  28. −5
  29. 19
  30. 5
  31. 20
  32. 1
  33. −14
  34. −25
  35. −4
  36. 2
  37. 10
  38. 7
  39. 12
  40. 8

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