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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 990 · 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 −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) 9
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 1
  3. 3.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −7 (d) 7
  4. 4.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
  5. 5.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 16
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) 9
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 11
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −46 (c) 46 (d) 56
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 20 (c) −14 (d) 14
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 11
  13. 13.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 59
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 22
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) −15 (d) −5
  16. 16.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) 15 (d) 25
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  18. 18.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 77 (d) −37
  19. 19.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 54 (d) 18
  20. 20.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  21. 21.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 32 (c) 12 (d) 22
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 21 (d) −7
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) −1 (d) 21
  25. 25.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 7
  26. 26.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) −23
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) −12
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 9 (d) −17
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −5
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 27 (d) −13
  31. 31.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −25 (c) 75 (d) 25
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 25
  33. 33.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  34. 34.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 3 (c) −11 (d) 11
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 3
  36. 36.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 75 (d) −3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 26
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15

Answer key

  1. −1
  2. −1
  3. −7
  4. −6
  5. −10
  6. −3
  7. 20
  8. −1
  9. 1
  10. 46
  11. 14
  12. −3
  13. −13
  14. 12
  15. −5
  16. 15
  17. 10
  18. −37
  19. 18
  20. 2
  21. 12
  22. 2
  23. 7
  24. 21
  25. −11
  26. −33
  27. 12
  28. −17
  29. 5
  30. 13
  31. −25
  32. 15
  33. 13
  34. −11
  35. 13
  36. −3
  37. 7
  38. 5
  39. 34
  40. −15

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