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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 661 · 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 −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 14
  2. 2.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) −11
  6. 6.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 38
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) 24
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 13 (d) 15
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 12 (c) 20 (d) 30
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 13 (c) −33 (d) 43
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 17
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) 4
  14. 14.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 87 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  15. 15.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) 10
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  18. 18.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  19. 19.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 40
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 3 (d) 21
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 27 (d) 5
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) −20
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 13 (d) −13
  30. 30.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) −26
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 13
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 3
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) −1
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 6
  36. 36.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  37. 37.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −4
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) −18
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 0

Answer key

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

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