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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 60 · 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 −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 18 (d) 44
  3. 3.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 14
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) −4
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −7
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 10 (c) −34 (d) 34
  8. 8.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) −39 (c) 49 (d) 25
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  10. 10.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 47
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 2
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 29 (c) 11 (d) −29
  15. 15.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 18
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) −12
  18. 18.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 72 (d) −24
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  20. 20.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 19
  21. 21.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 1
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) −1
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 19 (d) −5
  24. 24.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 37 (c) −9 (d) 19
  25. 25.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 24
  28. 28.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) −24
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 29
  31. 31.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 10 (d) 16
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 2
  33. 33.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 46 (d) −10
  34. 34.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) −18
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) 16
  36. 36.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 9
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) −9
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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