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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 141 · 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 −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 6 (c) −5 (d) 5
  2. 2.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 65
  3. 3.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 27
  4. 4.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 58
  5. 5.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 1
  7. 7.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 95 (c) 15 (d) −15
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 15
  9. 9.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −53 (c) −43 (d) 53
  10. 10.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 35 (d) −5
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 14 (d) 10
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) −17
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) −1
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 12
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) −2 (d) 18
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) −6 (d) −16
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −4
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 7
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 54 (c) 44 (d) 20
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 1 (c) 29 (d) 19
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 9 (d) 5
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 35
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 14 (c) 36 (d) 46
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 16 (d) 14
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 25
  29. 29.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) −4
  31. 31.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −23 (c) −33 (d) 33
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 25
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  34. 34.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 27 (d) −9
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 25 (d) 41
  36. 36.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 93
  37. 37.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 36
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 17 (d) −11
  39. 39.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 24
  40. 40.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 13
  3. 7
  4. −12
  5. −10
  6. 1
  7. −15
  8. 35
  9. −53
  10. 5
  11. 10
  12. 17
  13. 1
  14. −8
  15. −6
  16. 18
  17. −16
  18. 18
  19. 9
  20. 44
  21. 19
  22. −4
  23. −5
  24. 35
  25. 36
  26. −6
  27. 14
  28. 25
  29. −6
  30. 4
  31. −33
  32. 3
  33. 14
  34. 9
  35. 41
  36. −23
  37. −6
  38. 11
  39. 24
  40. −2

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