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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 109 · 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 −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 17
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) 13
  3. 3.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 23 (c) 35 (d) −35
  5. 5.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −1
  6. 6.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  7. 7.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −51 (b) 63 (c) −41 (d) 51
  8. 8.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 85 (c) 21 (d) −11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  10. 10.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 42 (c) 6 (d) 16
  13. 13.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −5
  14. 14.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) −21
  15. 15.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 75
  16. 16.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 45 (d) −21
  17. 17.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 63 (c) 25 (d) 15
  18. 18.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 1
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 39
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  23. 23.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 52
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 18 (d) 32
  25. 25.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 4
  27. 27.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 19
  29. 29.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) 7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  31. 31.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 58
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 30
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 28
  35. 35.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) 19 (d) 29
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) 15
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  38. 38.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 59 (c) −21 (d) 31
  39. 39.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 97 (c) 17 (d) −7
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) 25

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. 13
  3. −16
  4. 35
  5. −1
  6. −1
  7. −51
  8. −21
  9. 38
  10. −11
  11. 46
  12. 6
  13. −15
  14. −11
  15. −23
  16. −21
  17. 15
  18. 1
  19. 29
  20. 0
  21. 18
  22. −5
  23. 12
  24. 22
  25. −13
  26. 14
  27. 0
  28. −19
  29. −7
  30. −5
  31. 20
  32. 30
  33. −12
  34. 4
  35. 19
  36. 5
  37. 9
  38. −31
  39. −17
  40. 15

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