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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 692 · 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 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 41 (c) 19 (d) 51
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 23
  4. 4.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  5. 5.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) −6 (d) −16
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) −8
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) 8
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 8
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 27
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 9
  11. 11.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) 4
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) −13
  13. 13.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 25
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −44 (c) 44 (d) 54
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 29 (d) 35
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 50
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −23
  18. 18.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 5 (c) 11 (d) −11
  20. 20.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 31 (c) 43 (d) 33
  22. 22.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 54 (c) −14 (d) 14
  23. 23.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 11
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 16 (c) 46 (d) 36
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  27. 27.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) 21
  28. 28.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  29. 29.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  32. 32.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 67 (d) −3
  33. 33.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −17 (d) −7
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  35. 35.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  36. 36.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 48 (d) 0
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) 29
  38. 38.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) −1 (c) −23 (d) 33
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) −44 (c) 20 (d) 44
  40. 40.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) −18

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. 41
  3. 9
  4. −11
  5. −16
  6. 8
  7. 8
  8. 0
  9. 27
  10. 5
  11. −6
  12. −13
  13. −3
  14. 44
  15. 35
  16. 40
  17. −13
  18. 20
  19. −11
  20. 14
  21. 33
  22. 14
  23. 1
  24. 9
  25. 36
  26. −5
  27. 11
  28. 7
  29. 2
  30. 0
  31. −6
  32. −13
  33. −7
  34. 6
  35. 1
  36. −10
  37. 19
  38. 23
  39. 44
  40. −8

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