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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 913 · 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 −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −3
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 6 (d) 32
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  4. 4.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 48
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  6. 6.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −31 (c) −41 (d) 41
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −4
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  9. 9.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  11. 11.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 22 (d) 8
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 4
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 5 (c) 39 (d) 29
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 20 (c) −18 (d) 28
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) −17
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 7 (d) 15
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 12 (d) 28
  18. 18.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 39 (d) 19
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 5 (d) −13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) −23
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 30
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −3
  23. 23.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 17
  25. 25.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) −1
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) −6
  27. 27.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) −5
  29. 29.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 13
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 33
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −1
  33. 33.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  34. 34.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) −37 (c) 49 (d) 37
  35. 35.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −14
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) −9
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 42
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) 31
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 27
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 47 (d) 29

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 22
  3. 4
  4. −34
  5. 16
  6. −41
  7. 18
  8. 14
  9. −3
  10. 5
  11. −8
  12. 26
  13. 29
  14. 18
  15. −17
  16. 15
  17. 28
  18. −19
  19. −13
  20. −23
  21. 10
  22. 19
  23. −2
  24. 1
  25. −7
  26. 6
  27. −1
  28. 5
  29. −11
  30. 33
  31. −9
  32. −1
  33. 15
  34. −37
  35. −4
  36. 1
  37. 32
  38. 21
  39. 9
  40. 37

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