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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 889 · 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 −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −4
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 34
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 10
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 23
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  6. 6.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 29 (d) −7
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) −14
  9. 9.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 36
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −45 (c) 23 (d) 55
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 27
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 3
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  14. 14.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 17
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 17 (d) 35
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) −12
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 35
  18. 18.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 68 (d) 4
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 2
  20. 20.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 45 (c) −1 (d) 11
  21. 21.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 70 (d) 8
  22. 22.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 59 (c) −23 (d) 23
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) −1
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 22 (d) 18
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 15
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −12
  27. 27.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 2
  28. 28.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 21 (d) 13
  29. 29.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 32
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 36
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 15 (d) 25
  34. 34.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 58 (c) 36 (d) −36
  35. 35.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  36. 36.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 34
  37. 37.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 4
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 25
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 46
  40. 40.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15

Answer key

  1. −4
  2. 24
  3. 10
  4. 13
  5. 9
  6. 3
  7. −17
  8. 14
  9. −6
  10. 45
  11. 29
  12. −11
  13. 26
  14. −11
  15. 35
  16. 12
  17. 35
  18. −4
  19. −2
  20. 1
  21. −8
  22. −23
  23. −1
  24. 18
  25. 17
  26. −12
  27. −2
  28. 3
  29. 12
  30. −9
  31. 26
  32. 3
  33. 25
  34. −36
  35. −13
  36. −24
  37. −6
  38. 5
  39. 36
  40. 15

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