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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 740 · 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 −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −4
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) 19
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  4. 4.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 59
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −5 (d) −15
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 30 (d) 48
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 24 (d) −30
  8. 8.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) 16
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 12
  12. 12.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 27 (c) 11 (d) −1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 15 (d) 19
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) 9
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 23 (c) −5 (d) 15
  16. 16.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 11
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 24
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 25
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 4
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 29 (c) 49 (d) −39
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −2
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 21 (c) 43 (d) 53
  23. 23.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 73 (d) 11
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 31
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 29 (d) 37
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −19
  30. 30.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 63 (c) 37 (d) −37
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −1 (c) −17 (d) 17
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) −8
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 28 (c) −42 (d) 42
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 12
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 5 (d) 15
  37. 37.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −52 (b) 66 (c) −42 (d) 52
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 18
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 19 (c) 27 (d) 17
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 21

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 41
  3. 7
  4. −37
  5. −15
  6. 38
  7. 30
  8. 0
  9. 1
  10. 16
  11. 18
  12. −11
  13. 9
  14. −1
  15. 5
  16. −13
  17. 32
  18. 15
  19. −10
  20. 39
  21. −2
  22. 43
  23. 1
  24. 5
  25. −6
  26. 31
  27. 37
  28. 8
  29. −9
  30. −37
  31. −13
  32. 17
  33. 8
  34. 42
  35. 2
  36. 5
  37. −52
  38. 14
  39. 17
  40. −3

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