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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 210 · 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 −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  3. 3.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −9
  4. 4.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 29 (d) 1
  5. 5.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) −3
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 39
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) 29 (d) −19
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 6
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 6 (d) 12
  10. 10.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) −26
  11. 11.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 49 (d) 35
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −3
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 22
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) 13
  15. 15.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 28 (d) 14
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 27 (d) −35
  21. 21.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 55 (d) −17
  22. 22.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 25 (c) −11 (d) 11
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 14 (d) 34
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 21
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 5
  27. 27.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 86
  28. 28.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 50 (d) 26
  29. 29.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) 6
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) −11 (d) −1
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) 7
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 43 (c) 53 (d) 19
  35. 35.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 45 (d) −17
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) −9
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 11 (d) −25
  39. 39.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) −43 (d) 59
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) 19

Answer key

  1. −8
  2. 8
  3. −9
  4. 1
  5. −13
  6. 39
  7. 19
  8. 0
  9. 2
  10. −36
  11. 25
  12. −3
  13. 12
  14. 3
  15. −1
  16. 4
  17. 1
  18. −14
  19. 10
  20. 35
  21. −17
  22. 11
  23. 34
  24. 3
  25. 11
  26. 7
  27. −26
  28. 26
  29. −20
  30. −6
  31. −11
  32. 7
  33. −9
  34. 43
  35. −27
  36. 9
  37. 9
  38. 25
  39. −43
  40. 35

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