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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 783 · 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.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 5
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 13
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 3
  4. 4.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 8
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 8 (c) 34 (d) −24
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 26
  9. 9.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 58 (d) 16
  10. 10.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) −18
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 35
  12. 12.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 9
  13. 13.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  14. 14.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 4
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) −33
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 27 (c) −11 (d) 11
  20. 20.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 65 (c) 35 (d) −35
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 6
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) −2
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) −1
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −2
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −21
  26. 26.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 84 (c) 16 (d) −6
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 0 (d) 14
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 9
  30. 30.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) −41
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) 19 (d) −27
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 25 (d) 21
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 15
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) 30 (d) −32
  36. 36.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 35 (d) −3
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −4
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 31
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 8 (d) 28
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) −10

Answer key

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

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