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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 175 · 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 −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 28
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) −4 (d) 4
  3. 3.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  4. 4.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 16
  5. 5.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 29 (d) −9
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 18
  7. 7.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  8. 8.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 78
  9. 9.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 53 (d) −1
  10. 10.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 22 (d) 34
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 10
  13. 13.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  15. 15.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 55
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 52 (c) 42 (d) −42
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  18. 18.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −7
  19. 19.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 70 (c) 16 (d) −16
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 14
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) 37 (d) −27
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 13 (c) 33 (d) 43
  23. 23.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 53
  24. 24.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 64
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 22 (d) 14
  26. 26.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) −11
  27. 27.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 48 (c) 20 (d) −10
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 6
  29. 29.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 8 (c) 28 (d) 18
  31. 31.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 41 (d) 7
  32. 32.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) −10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 55 (c) 45 (d) −45
  34. 34.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) −10 (d) 0
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 10
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) −3
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 47 (d) 25
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 30 (c) 32 (d) −32
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 5

Answer key

  1. 8
  2. −4
  3. 0
  4. −12
  5. −9
  6. −2
  7. −6
  8. −16
  9. −1
  10. −10
  11. 34
  12. −18
  13. 8
  14. −8
  15. 21
  16. 42
  17. −5
  18. −7
  19. −16
  20. 24
  21. 27
  22. 33
  23. 7
  24. −24
  25. 4
  26. −21
  27. 10
  28. 14
  29. −13
  30. 18
  31. 7
  32. −10
  33. 45
  34. −12
  35. 0
  36. 22
  37. −13
  38. 37
  39. 32
  40. 5

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