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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 694 · 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 −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) −16
  2. 2.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  3. 3.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 41 (d) 11
  5. 5.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 19
  6. 6.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) −9 (d) 9
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 15 (d) 25
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) 10
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) −19
  13. 13.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 48
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 15 (c) 39 (d) 49
  15. 15.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 44 (c) −6 (d) 4
  16. 16.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
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 3 (d) −7
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −45 (b) 45 (c) 25 (d) 55
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −16 (d) −6
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  22. 22.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 57 (c) −11 (d) −1
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −10
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 13
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −5
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) 28
  27. 27.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 76
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 23
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −8
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) 1 (d) −9
  33. 33.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 3 (d) 7
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 14
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) −27
  36. 36.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 18
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 37
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 11
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7

Answer key

  1. 16
  2. 1
  3. −10
  4. 31
  5. −3
  6. −9
  7. 25
  8. −4
  9. 10
  10. 16
  11. 6
  12. 19
  13. 0
  14. 39
  15. −6
  16. 31
  17. 3
  18. −7
  19. 45
  20. −16
  21. −1
  22. −11
  23. 10
  24. 21
  25. 5
  26. 38
  27. 4
  28. −2
  29. 39
  30. 8
  31. 0
  32. −9
  33. −3
  34. 12
  35. 27
  36. −12
  37. 27
  38. 1
  39. 9
  40. −7

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