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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 193 · 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 −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) −11
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 25
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  4. 4.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 30 (d) 14
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 8
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  7. 7.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) −8
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 22
  9. 9.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 47 (c) −11 (d) −21
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 25 (d) −3
  11. 11.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  12. 12.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 67 (c) 17 (d) −17
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  14. 14.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 47 (d) −7
  15. 15.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) 19
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 29
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) −5 (d) 15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 14
  20. 20.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 11
  21. 21.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 23
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −7
  23. 23.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  24. 24.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 66
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 7
  26. 26.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) −24
  27. 27.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 72 (c) −10 (d) 10
  28. 28.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 90 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 7 (c) −31 (d) 41
  30. 30.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 24
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 5 (c) 37 (d) 27
  32. 32.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −6
  33. 33.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −12
  34. 34.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 19
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 27
  36. 36.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  37. 37.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) −8
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 13
  39. 39.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 60 (d) −20
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −6 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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