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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 177 · 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 −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) −8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  3. 3.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  4. 4.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −1
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) −28
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 14
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −7
  9. 9.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 82 (d) 0
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 7
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 24
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  15. 15.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 11
  17. 17.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 79 (c) 35 (d) −25
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  19. 19.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 72 (c) 0 (d) −10
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 33
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 1
  23. 23.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) 8
  24. 24.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 17
  25. 25.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 24 (d) −12
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 23 (c) 21 (d) 11
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) 25
  28. 28.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 14
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 2
  30. 30.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 26 (d) 40
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 19
  33. 33.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −39 (c) 73 (d) 39
  34. 34.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) −28
  35. 35.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) −15
  36. 36.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 19 (d) 9
  37. 37.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 10
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 15 (d) −5
  39. 39.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  40. 40.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −12 (c) 84 (d) 22

Answer key

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

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