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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 174 · 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 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 31 (d) 7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 34 (c) −10 (d) 0
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 35
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 35
  5. 5.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 73 (d) −5
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 25
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 8
  8. 8.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 33 (c) −19 (d) −9
  9. 9.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 74
  10. 10.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) −4
  11. 11.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) −12
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 18
  13. 13.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 90 (c) 22 (d) −12
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) −2 (d) 12
  15. 15.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 39 (c) −5 (d) −15
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 3
  17. 17.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 81
  19. 19.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 88
  20. 20.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −17
  21. 21.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  23. 23.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) −15
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  26. 26.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  27. 27.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  28. 28.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −8
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 10
  30. 30.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 52
  31. 31.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 55
  32. 32.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  33. 33.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 12 (d) 0
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  36. 36.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 65 (c) −15 (d) −5
  37. 37.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 15 (d) −23
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 8
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 21 (d) 7

Answer key

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

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