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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 801 · 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 −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  2. 2.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) −23 (d) 13
  3. 3.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 7
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) −41
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) −9
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) −13
  7. 7.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 56 (d) 30
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  9. 9.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  10. 10.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  11. 11.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  12. 12.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  13. 13.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 1
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 22 (c) 36 (d) −36
  15. 15.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 8
  17. 17.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 28 (c) 40 (d) 50
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 6 (d) 20
  22. 22.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 13
  23. 23.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) −26
  24. 24.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) −6 (d) 18
  26. 26.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 1
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 14
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 13 (c) 41 (d) 31
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) −5 (d) 15
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  31. 31.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) −20
  32. 32.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 9
  33. 33.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) 14 (d) 0
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 13
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 36
  36. 36.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 65 (d) −27
  37. 37.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) 16
  39. 39.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  40. 40.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −16

Answer key

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

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