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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 148 · 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 −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) −10
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  3. 3.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 65 (d) −21
  4. 4.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 29
  8. 8.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 40 (c) 10 (d) −10
  9. 9.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 58
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 11
  12. 12.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 58
  13. 13.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 24
  15. 15.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 42 (c) −14 (d) −24
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 26 (d) −16
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −4
  18. 18.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 38 (c) 8 (d) −2
  19. 19.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 81 (c) −25 (d) 25
  20. 20.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) 46 (d) 30
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 10
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 19 (c) 35 (d) −35
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −1
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 10
  25. 25.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) −37
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) −2
  27. 27.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) −5
  28. 28.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  29. 29.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  30. 30.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 31 (d) 3
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 2 (c) −24 (d) 34
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 26 (c) 22 (d) 12
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 28 (c) −10 (d) 10
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 20
  35. 35.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −51 (c) −41 (d) 69
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  37. 37.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 3
  39. 39.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −44 (c) 44 (d) −34
  40. 40.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) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. 9
  3. −31
  4. 9
  5. −7
  6. −7
  7. −7
  8. 10
  9. 10
  10. 9
  11. 1
  12. −8
  13. −2
  14. −8
  15. −24
  16. 16
  17. 4
  18. −2
  19. −25
  20. 36
  21. −4
  22. 35
  23. 1
  24. 30
  25. −37
  26. 2
  27. −5
  28. 6
  29. −1
  30. −7
  31. 24
  32. 12
  33. 10
  34. −4
  35. −51
  36. −4
  37. 19
  38. 13
  39. −44
  40. 41

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