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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 16 · 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 −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) 10
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 16
  3. 3.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  4. 4.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 18
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −6
  6. 6.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 60 (c) −30 (d) −20
  7. 7.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 71 (d) 5
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 17 (d) 27
  10. 10.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) 13
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 25 (d) −1
  13. 13.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 8 (d) 6
  14. 14.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  15. 15.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 16
  16. 16.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 12
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) −36
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 21
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 23
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 24
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 8
  22. 22.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 62 (c) −44 (d) −34
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 1
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 9
  25. 25.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 46 (c) 34 (d) −34
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  27. 27.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) −27
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 24 (c) −12 (d) 12
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 6
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) 21
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) −3 (d) 17
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 1 (d) 25
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 19
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  36. 36.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 11
  37. 37.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) −19
  38. 38.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 45
  39. 39.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 63 (d) 15
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 18

Answer key

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

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