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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 677 · 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 −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) −13
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 7
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) −1
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) −6 (d) 6
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 13
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 26
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 18
  10. 10.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  11. 11.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 23
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) 30
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) 26
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 3
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  17. 17.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −38 (c) −28 (d) 38
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 4
  19. 19.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) −2
  20. 20.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) −32 (d) 86
  21. 21.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) −11
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) −6 (d) 4
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 23 (d) 9
  24. 24.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  25. 25.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  26. 26.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 66 (c) 16 (d) −6
  27. 27.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) 49
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) 2
  30. 30.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 37
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 24 (d) 14
  32. 32.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −12
  33. 33.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) −23 (c) 23 (d) 33
  34. 34.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  36. 36.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) 11
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 12 (d) 18
  38. 38.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 27
  40. 40.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 29

Answer key

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

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