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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 787 · 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 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 27
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  4. 4.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  5. 5.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 77 (d) −9
  6. 6.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 10 (c) −24 (d) 24
  8. 8.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 46 (c) 16 (d) −6
  9. 9.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) −8
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 28 (c) 10 (d) 20
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 8
  13. 13.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 3 (d) −5
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 21
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 7 (c) 41 (d) 31
  16. 16.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 45
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) 31
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 21
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) −9
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) −3
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  25. 25.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 7
  26. 26.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) −15
  27. 27.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) −9
  28. 28.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  29. 29.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 19
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 5
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 21 (d) 45
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) −14 (d) 24
  36. 36.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 18
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 11
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1

Answer key

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

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