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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 187 · 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 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 27 (c) −33 (d) 43
  3. 3.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 55
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) −7
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  7. 7.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 66
  8. 8.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 55
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) −13 (d) 23
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) 7
  11. 11.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 1
  12. 12.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 0
  13. 13.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 26
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 6
  15. 15.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 27
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −7
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 11 (c) −33 (d) 33
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 7
  21. 21.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) −8
  22. 22.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −23
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 26 (d) 16
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 10 (c) −28 (d) 38
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 20
  27. 27.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 68 (c) −6 (d) 16
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 5
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −7
  30. 30.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −34 (c) −24 (d) 34
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 0
  32. 32.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 31
  33. 33.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 66
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 6
  35. 35.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 23
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 7 (d) 23
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 8 (c) −14 (d) 14
  38. 38.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  39. 39.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 51 (c) −29 (d) 39
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) −9

Answer key

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

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