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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 167 · 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 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) 13
  2. 2.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −6
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 10
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 84 (d) −36
  5. 5.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) −24
  6. 6.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 66 (d) 0
  7. 7.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 79 (c) −31 (d) 31
  8. 8.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) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  9. 9.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  12. 12.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) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 21
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 43
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  16. 16.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 58
  17. 17.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 3
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  19. 19.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) −6
  20. 20.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) 24 (c) 34 (d) 2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 24 (d) 12
  22. 22.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  23. 23.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 38
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) −18 (d) 8
  25. 25.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  26. 26.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 20
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −7
  28. 28.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  29. 29.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 58
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −26
  31. 31.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 41 (c) 3 (d) −3
  32. 32.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 90 (c) −16 (d) −6
  33. 33.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 2
  34. 34.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −22 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) 2
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 28
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 26 (d) 2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 81 (d) 19
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −30

Answer key

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

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