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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 989 · 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 −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 0
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) −12
  3. 3.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 49 (c) −13 (d) 23
  4. 4.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 14
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −1
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −9
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −5
  9. 9.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) 31
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) −3
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 1
  13. 13.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) −30 (d) −40
  14. 14.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) −41
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 29 (d) −11
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 53 (d) 1
  19. 19.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 2
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 22
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  22. 22.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) −6 (d) 18
  24. 24.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) 66 (c) −30 (d) 40
  25. 25.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 76
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) 50
  27. 27.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 12
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 15
  29. 29.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 12
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) 31
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) −6
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  34. 34.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 58 (c) −18 (d) 28
  35. 35.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) −9
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 2
  38. 38.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 67 (d) −15
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 10
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. −12
  3. 13
  4. −12
  5. 13
  6. 17
  7. −9
  8. 5
  9. −10
  10. 35
  11. −3
  12. 1
  13. −40
  14. 2
  15. 41
  16. 11
  17. −19
  18. −9
  19. −8
  20. 36
  21. 2
  22. −8
  23. 18
  24. −40
  25. −16
  26. 40
  27. 2
  28. −3
  29. 4
  30. 21
  31. 4
  32. −6
  33. 35
  34. 18
  35. 14
  36. −9
  37. 14
  38. −25
  39. 6
  40. 3

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