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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 205 · 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 −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) 25
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  3. 3.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 28
  5. 5.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  6. 6.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) −31 (d) 21
  7. 7.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) −6 (c) 28 (d) −18
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) −15
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 17
  10. 10.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  11. 11.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) −12
  12. 12.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 57
  13. 13.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) −32 (c) 64 (d) 42
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 47
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 5 (d) −23
  16. 16.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) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  17. 17.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 2
  18. 18.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −1
  19. 19.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 67 (d) −29
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) −24 (d) 34
  21. 21.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) 65 (d) 31
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 3
  23. 23.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 12
  24. 24.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 14
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −12
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −12
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 15
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) 2
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −10
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 10
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 24 (d) 36
  32. 32.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 9
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  34. 34.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 19 (d) −13
  38. 38.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −40 (c) 50 (d) −50
  39. 39.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −4 (c) −15 (d) −5
  40. 40.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. −15
  3. −18
  4. 18
  5. −12
  6. 31
  7. 18
  8. 15
  9. −3
  10. −5
  11. −12
  12. −3
  13. −42
  14. 37
  15. 23
  16. 30
  17. 2
  18. −1
  19. −29
  20. 24
  21. −31
  22. −7
  23. −2
  24. 6
  25. −2
  26. 12
  27. −13
  28. 2
  29. −10
  30. −6
  31. 36
  32. −5
  33. −6
  34. 2
  35. 1
  36. 17
  37. 13
  38. −50
  39. −5
  40. −6

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