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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 824 · 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 −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) 12
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 21 (d) 27
  3. 3.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 18
  4. 4.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −48 (c) 48 (d) −38
  5. 5.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 49 (c) 3 (d) −3
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  8. 8.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −13
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 27 (c) 43 (d) −43
  10. 10.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −28 (c) −38 (d) 38
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) 0
  12. 12.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −33 (d) 43
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) 5
  15. 15.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 16
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) 11
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 39
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 1
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  21. 21.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 45 (d) 15
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  23. 23.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) −30 (d) 58
  24. 24.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 86
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 11
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 18 (c) −34 (d) 34
  27. 27.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) 9
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) −9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 6
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) 23 (d) −37
  31. 31.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) −17 (d) 27
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 23
  34. 34.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 17 (d) 11
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −2
  36. 36.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) −8 (d) −18
  37. 37.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) 1
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 28 (d) 14
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) −3

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. 27
  3. −18
  4. −48
  5. 3
  6. 12
  7. 12
  8. −13
  9. 43
  10. −38
  11. 0
  12. −14
  13. 33
  14. 27
  15. −7
  16. 2
  17. 11
  18. 29
  19. −9
  20. −8
  21. 15
  22. 0
  23. −30
  24. −6
  25. 1
  26. 34
  27. −1
  28. 9
  29. −4
  30. 37
  31. 3
  32. 17
  33. 27
  34. 11
  35. −2
  36. −18
  37. −9
  38. 4
  39. −5
  40. −3

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