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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 722 · 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 −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 27
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −1
  3. 3.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 0
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 45
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 11
  6. 6.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 8 (d) −4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) −18
  8. 8.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 66
  9. 9.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 12 (d) 6
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 1
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  12. 12.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  13. 13.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  14. 14.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  15. 15.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 8
  16. 16.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 68 (c) −44 (d) −34
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 18
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 28
  22. 22.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 47 (c) 9 (d) 1
  23. 23.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) −4
  24. 24.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) −7
  25. 25.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 19
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 26 (d) 32
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) −15
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 29 (d) 7
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 5
  30. 30.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) −5
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 19 (d) 17
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 28
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 3
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 5
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 31
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 19
  40. 40.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 39 (d) −3

Answer key

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

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