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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 985 · 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 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 24
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  3. 3.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  5. 5.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 16 (d) 14
  6. 6.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 50
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) −38
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 9 (c) 25 (d) −25
  11. 11.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) −29 (d) 57
  12. 12.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) −3 (c) 29 (d) 19
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) 29
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −3
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  17. 17.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 70 (c) −48 (d) −38
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  19. 19.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 35
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) −24
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) 0 (d) −10
  22. 22.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  23. 23.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 43 (d) 13
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 19 (c) 23 (d) 13
  27. 27.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 22 (d) −4
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 12
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 28 (c) 20 (d) −10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 22 (c) 54 (d) 44
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  32. 32.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −25 (c) 51 (d) 25
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 3 (d) 11
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 14
  35. 35.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 38 (d) 24
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −18 (c) 2 (d) −8
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 6
  38. 38.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −23 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  39. 39.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 14 (d) 16
  40. 40.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) −1 (d) 11

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. 20
  3. −10
  4. 15
  5. −14
  6. 28
  7. −3
  8. 7
  9. 38
  10. 25
  11. −39
  12. 19
  13. 24
  14. 33
  15. 3
  16. −4
  17. −48
  18. 0
  19. −1
  20. 24
  21. 0
  22. −11
  23. 13
  24. 3
  25. 18
  26. 13
  27. −4
  28. −12
  29. 10
  30. 44
  31. 6
  32. −25
  33. −11
  34. 16
  35. 14
  36. −8
  37. 8
  38. −13
  39. −16
  40. 1

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