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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 201 · 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 −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  2. 2.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) −24
  3. 3.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) −3 (c) 27 (d) 17
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) −13
  6. 6.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 41 (c) −21 (d) −11
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −11
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 23
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) −7 (d) 3
  11. 11.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 22 (d) 16
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) −32
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 26 (c) 22 (d) 12
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 21
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) 24
  18. 18.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −28 (c) −38 (d) 38
  19. 19.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) 9
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 2
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  23. 23.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 57 (c) −41 (d) −31
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 25 (c) 49 (d) 39
  25. 25.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  27. 27.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) −2
  28. 28.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 46 (c) 14 (d) 4
  29. 29.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 22
  30. 30.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) 41 (c) 31 (d) 7
  31. 31.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) −34
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 28 (c) 12 (d) −12
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 24 (c) 8 (d) 18
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 22
  36. 36.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 11 (d) −5
  37. 37.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  38. 38.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 78 (d) −32
  39. 39.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 11
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 45

Answer key

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

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