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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 982 · 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 −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) 9
  3. 3.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −21 (d) −11
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 14 (d) 12
  6. 6.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 11
  8. 8.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 41 (c) 1 (d) 11
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 9
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −5
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 2 (d) 20
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 3
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 42 (c) 24 (d) −42
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 3 (d) −25
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) 36
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 15
  17. 17.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 27
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 21 (d) −23
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 17 (c) −29 (d) 39
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 31
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 19
  23. 23.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) 4
  24. 24.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 83 (c) −23 (d) 33
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 33
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 23 (d) 27
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 16 (c) −38 (d) 48
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  29. 29.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −8
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −1
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 12 (d) 46
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 6
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 22 (d) −40
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −15 (d) −5
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) −10
  39. 39.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 18

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. −1
  3. −11
  4. 16
  5. 2
  6. −15
  7. −17
  8. 1
  9. −11
  10. 17
  11. 20
  12. 11
  13. 42
  14. 25
  15. 26
  16. 15
  17. 1
  18. 7
  19. 23
  20. 29
  21. 7
  22. 21
  23. −6
  24. −33
  25. 23
  26. 27
  27. 38
  28. −6
  29. 6
  30. −8
  31. −1
  32. 1
  33. 2
  34. 36
  35. −4
  36. 40
  37. −5
  38. 0
  39. 1
  40. 24

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