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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 705 · 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 −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 26 (d) −8
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 20
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  8. 8.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) 20
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) −18
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) −10
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 23
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 32 (d) 18
  14. 14.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  15. 15.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 26 (d) −12
  16. 16.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) −20 (c) −30 (d) 30
  17. 17.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −50 (b) 50 (c) −40 (d) 70
  18. 18.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 71 (c) −35 (d) −45
  19. 19.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  21. 21.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 29 (c) 11 (d) −1
  22. 22.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 47 (c) 33 (d) 23
  23. 23.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  24. 24.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 61 (d) −23
  25. 25.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 27 (d) 37
  27. 27.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 28 (c) 16 (d) −6
  29. 29.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 24
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 2
  32. 32.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 9 (d) −7
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  34. 34.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 51 (d) −41
  35. 35.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 49 (c) 35 (d) −25
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 13
  38. 38.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  39. 39.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) −9

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. −13
  4. 10
  5. 2
  6. −4
  7. 15
  8. 10
  9. 18
  10. −10
  11. 18
  12. 13
  13. 8
  14. 0
  15. 12
  16. −30
  17. −50
  18. −45
  19. −8
  20. −5
  21. −11
  22. 23
  23. −5
  24. −33
  25. −14
  26. 37
  27. 12
  28. 6
  29. −8
  30. 14
  31. 2
  32. −17
  33. 10
  34. −41
  35. 25
  36. 3
  37. 11
  38. −7
  39. −9
  40. 9

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