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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 191 · 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 −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 41 (d) −23
  3. 3.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 0
  4. 4.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 39 (d) −19
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 30 (d) 6
  6. 6.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) −1 (d) 21
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) −7
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) 9
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 41
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 19 (c) 51 (d) 41
  12. 12.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −16
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  15. 15.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) −4
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 23 (c) 5 (d) 15
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) −16 (c) 66 (d) 26
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) −20
  20. 20.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 64 (c) −8 (d) −18
  21. 21.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  22. 22.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 60 (c) −30 (d) −40
  23. 23.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 68 (c) 4 (d) −6
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 6
  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) 28 (c) 38 (d) 10
  26. 26.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 65 (c) 29 (d) −29
  27. 27.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 38 (d) −14
  28. 28.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 12
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  30. 30.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) −30
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −6 (d) −18
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −13
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 25 (c) −45 (d) 55
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 2
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 21 (c) 33 (d) −33
  38. 38.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 65
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 42
  40. 40.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 23

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −23
  3. −6
  4. −19
  5. 6
  6. −5
  7. 21
  8. 3
  9. −9
  10. 31
  11. 41
  12. 16
  13. 16
  14. −9
  15. −14
  16. 5
  17. −5
  18. −26
  19. 20
  20. −18
  21. −6
  22. −40
  23. −6
  24. 2
  25. 28
  26. −29
  27. −24
  28. −14
  29. 6
  30. −13
  31. −5
  32. 30
  33. 18
  34. −13
  35. 45
  36. −4
  37. 33
  38. −31
  39. 42
  40. 7

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