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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 993 · 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 −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) −11
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 16 (d) 34
  3. 3.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 15
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 30 (d) 46
  6. 6.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −5 (d) −15
  7. 7.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 11
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 23
  9. 9.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 36 (d) −8
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  11. 11.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −40 (c) 62 (d) 40
  12. 12.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 48
  13. 13.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) 22 (c) −2 (d) 12
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 42 (c) 52 (d) −42
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 12
  16. 16.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  17. 17.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 41
  18. 18.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  19. 19.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 19
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 22
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 30
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 9
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  27. 27.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  28. 28.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 14
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 43
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  31. 31.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  32. 32.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  33. 33.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) −37
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 18
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 4
  37. 37.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) 11
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 23 (c) 37 (d) 27
  39. 39.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15

Answer key

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

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