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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 207 · 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 −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) 5
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 10
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 6
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 9
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 15
  8. 8.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) −45 (c) 45 (d) 71
  9. 9.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −3
  10. 10.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) −4 (d) 14
  11. 11.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 37
  13. 13.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 9
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 31 (d) −3
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 0
  17. 17.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 18 (d) 42
  19. 19.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −6
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −19
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −5
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  25. 25.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  27. 27.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 44 (d) 30
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 8 (c) 24 (d) 14
  29. 29.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
  30. 30.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  31. 31.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 77 (c) −17 (d) 27
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 11
  33. 33.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 18
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 55 (d) −37
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) −2
  36. 36.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 45 (d) 23
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) 10
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 27
  39. 39.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) −28
  40. 40.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. −1
  2. 5
  3. −10
  4. 16
  5. 16
  6. −3
  7. −9
  8. −45
  9. −3
  10. 4
  11. −19
  12. 27
  13. −1
  14. 10
  15. −3
  16. 0
  17. 11
  18. 32
  19. −9
  20. −2
  21. 6
  22. 19
  23. 5
  24. −5
  25. −14
  26. 17
  27. 20
  28. 14
  29. −9
  30. −8
  31. −27
  32. 7
  33. −10
  34. −37
  35. 2
  36. 13
  37. 0
  38. 33
  39. −28
  40. −15

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