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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 843 · 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 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 12 (d) 14
  2. 2.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) −16
  3. 3.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 13
  4. 4.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) −20
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 13
  6. 6.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) −36
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  9. 9.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 79
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) 14
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 21 (d) 33
  13. 13.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) 6
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  15. 15.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 68 (d) −18
  16. 16.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) −1
  17. 17.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) 3
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  22. 22.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 53 (d) −33
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −3
  24. 24.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −26 (c) −36 (d) 36
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) −5
  26. 26.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) 18 (c) 8 (d) 4
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) −25
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −29 (d) 39
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) 12
  31. 31.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) −8
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 27 (d) 17
  33. 33.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 63 (c) −53 (d) 53
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  35. 35.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 3
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) 6
  37. 37.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −9
  38. 38.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −22 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16

Answer key

  1. −14
  2. 16
  3. 7
  4. −10
  5. 3
  6. 0
  7. 36
  8. 5
  9. −13
  10. 4
  11. 7
  12. 23
  13. −4
  14. 29
  15. −18
  16. −7
  17. −10
  18. −3
  19. −5
  20. 3
  21. −6
  22. −33
  23. 3
  24. −36
  25. 5
  26. 8
  27. 25
  28. −1
  29. 29
  30. 12
  31. −8
  32. 17
  33. −53
  34. 1
  35. 3
  36. 6
  37. −9
  38. −12
  39. 7
  40. 6

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