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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 845 · 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 −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 13
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −5
  3. 3.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 5 (d) −3
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) 11
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 0 (d) 10
  6. 6.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 67 (c) 21 (d) −11
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 1 (d) −17
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 13
  10. 10.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 55
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 31
  12. 12.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  13. 13.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 15
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 27
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 28
  16. 16.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) 6 (c) 30 (d) −20
  17. 17.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 12
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
  19. 19.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 46
  20. 20.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 8
  21. 21.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 17
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  23. 23.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 97
  24. 24.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 12
  25. 25.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  26. 26.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −24 (c) 42 (d) 24
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 22
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 24
  29. 29.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 30
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 21
  31. 31.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 6
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) 1
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −2
  34. 34.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) −8
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  36. 36.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 27 (d) 11
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 3
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 13
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 16 (d) −18
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −10 (d) 0

Answer key

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

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