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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 718 · 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 −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 22
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) −8
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 2
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 24
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 17
  6. 6.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  7. 7.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 16 (c) −28 (d) 38
  9. 9.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 79 (c) −25 (d) −35
  10. 10.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) −9
  11. 11.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  12. 12.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 6
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  15. 15.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 34
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 26
  19. 19.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  20. 20.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 0 (c) −16 (d) 16
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −1 (c) −21 (d) 21
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −11
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 3
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 22 (d) −34
  27. 27.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) −2
  28. 28.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) −14
  29. 29.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 50 (c) −16 (d) 16
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −9
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 24 (c) −36 (d) 36
  36. 36.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 29
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) 41
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) −1

Answer key

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

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