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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 896 · 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 −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 28 (c) 14 (d) −4
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 20 (c) 28 (d) 18
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 27 (d) 41
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  8. 8.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 28
  10. 10.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) −7
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  12. 12.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 9
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 32 (d) 38
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 17
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 29 (d) −19
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 10
  17. 17.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 65
  18. 18.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) −4
  19. 19.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  20. 20.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  21. 21.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) 9 (d) −1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 29 (c) −35 (d) 35
  23. 23.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) −17
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  26. 26.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 23
  28. 28.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  29. 29.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 4
  30. 30.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) −43 (d) 71
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 8
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 4 (c) −26 (d) 26
  35. 35.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −26 (c) −36 (d) 36
  36. 36.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 26
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 19
  38. 38.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) −3
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −8 (d) 2
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 13 (d) −15

Answer key

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

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