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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 150 · 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.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 19
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 13
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 28 (d) 16
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) −11
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 46 (c) 36 (d) −36
  9. 9.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 55 (d) 29
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 8
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) 3
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 2
  13. 13.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 51 (d) 7
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) −30
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) −38
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 25 (d) 19
  19. 19.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 16 (d) 2
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) −4
  21. 21.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 53 (c) 21 (d) 31
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 42 (c) −42 (d) 52
  23. 23.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 86 (d) −26
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 20 (d) 28
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) −3
  29. 29.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  30. 30.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 79
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 25 (c) 27 (d) −27
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) 16
  33. 33.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 26
  34. 34.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 65 (c) −23 (d) −33
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 3 (c) −17 (d) 17
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 64 (c) −24 (d) −34
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 18
  39. 39.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 62
  40. 40.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 41 (d) 9

Answer key

  1. −5
  2. 7
  3. 3
  4. 10
  5. −16
  6. −11
  7. 7
  8. 36
  9. 19
  10. −2
  11. 19
  12. 24
  13. −8
  14. −7
  15. 3
  16. 30
  17. 38
  18. 9
  19. 2
  20. 4
  21. 21
  22. 42
  23. −26
  24. 28
  25. 10
  26. 13
  27. 12
  28. −3
  29. 16
  30. −41
  31. 27
  32. 6
  33. −4
  34. −33
  35. 17
  36. 2
  37. −34
  38. 8
  39. 2
  40. −1

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