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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 204 · 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 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) −10 (d) 10
  2. 2.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  3. 3.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) 6
  4. 4.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) −15 (d) −5
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) −25
  6. 6.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 37
  7. 7.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) −6
  8. 8.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −8
  9. 9.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 38 (d) −6
  10. 10.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 49
  11. 11.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 45
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 30
  14. 14.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 41 (d) −29
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 42 (c) −42 (d) 52
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  18. 18.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 22
  19. 19.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) 60
  20. 20.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 16
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) 29
  23. 23.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 1
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 19
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) −14
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 15 (d) 21
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 21 (d) 27
  29. 29.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −11 (d) −1
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 16
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 3 (d) 23
  32. 32.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 9
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) 15
  34. 34.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 90 (c) −14 (d) 24
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −31
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −20 (d) −10
  38. 38.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 76 (c) −14 (d) −4
  39. 39.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6

Answer key

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

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