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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 157 · 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 −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 24 (d) 0
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  3. 3.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 54 (c) −30 (d) −20
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 66
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  7. 7.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 6
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) 2
  9. 9.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 17 (d) −9
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  11. 11.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 92 (d) 12
  12. 12.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) 2
  13. 13.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 9 (d) 15
  14. 14.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 50 (c) −8 (d) −18
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) −4 (d) 5
  16. 16.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
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  18. 18.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 12
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) 14 (d) −36
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  23. 23.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 79
  24. 24.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 68
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 19
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  28. 28.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) −10
  29. 29.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 43 (d) 1
  30. 30.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) −3
  32. 32.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) −15
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) −20
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 44
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  39. 39.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 1
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 20

Answer key

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

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