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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 698 · 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 −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) 1
  2. 2.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 13
  4. 4.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 38
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 17 (d) −35
  6. 6.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 12
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 30
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10
  10. 10.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 15
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −4
  12. 12.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 13
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  14. 14.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 40
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 21
  16. 16.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −32 (c) −42 (d) 42
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 56 (b) −46 (c) 46 (d) 22
  18. 18.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) −9
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 7
  20. 20.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 32
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) −2
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) −3
  23. 23.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 69 (c) −3 (d) 3
  24. 24.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 57 (c) 15 (d) −15
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −7
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  29. 29.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 56 (d) −20
  30. 30.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) 38 (d) 10
  31. 31.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 32
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 28 (d) 16
  37. 37.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 16
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 20 (d) 22
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28

Answer key

  1. −1
  2. 5
  3. 29
  4. −6
  5. 35
  6. 4
  7. 6
  8. 22
  9. −10
  10. 7
  11. −4
  12. −13
  13. 7
  14. 4
  15. 21
  16. −42
  17. 46
  18. −9
  19. 17
  20. −32
  21. 2
  22. 3
  23. −3
  24. 15
  25. −11
  26. −7
  27. −12
  28. 29
  29. −30
  30. 10
  31. −10
  32. 0
  33. 32
  34. −4
  35. 10
  36. 6
  37. 2
  38. 34
  39. 22
  40. 28

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