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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 828 · 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 −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) 4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 2
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  6. 6.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 89 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  7. 7.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 3
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 8
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 4
  12. 12.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) 1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) 7
  14. 14.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 54
  15. 15.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  16. 16.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) −7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) −19
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −7
  19. 19.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 94 (c) −14 (d) 14
  20. 20.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 46 (d) 20
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  23. 23.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  24. 24.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 77
  25. 25.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 70 (d) −10
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  27. 27.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  28. 28.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 31 (c) −5 (d) −15
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 0
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 5
  32. 32.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  33. 33.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 10
  34. 34.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 18
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 21 (c) −3 (d) 7
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 12
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 14
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 32 (c) −36 (d) 46
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 11 (d) 13

Answer key

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

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