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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 976 · 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 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) 12
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  3. 3.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −12 (d) −2
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) −1
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 12 (d) 20
  6. 6.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 15 (d) 41
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 12
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 8
  10. 10.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 16
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 16
  12. 12.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −12
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  14. 14.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 21
  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) 8 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 22
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 22
  19. 19.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −8
  22. 22.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) −23
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 32 (d) 18
  24. 24.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 52 (d) 10
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 23
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 22
  28. 28.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 77 (c) 11 (d) 1
  29. 29.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −5 (d) −15
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 31 (d) −39
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 9 (c) 39 (d) 29
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) 13
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −4
  34. 34.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 64 (d) 14
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  36. 36.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 1
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 5
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 27 (d) 21
  40. 40.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 9

Answer key

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

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