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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 225 · 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 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) −3
  2. 2.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 21 (c) −3 (d) 3
  4. 4.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 48 (c) 32 (d) −22
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) −6 (d) −16
  6. 6.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 16 (d) −10
  7. 7.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) 79
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 15
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) −1 (d) 9
  10. 10.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) 76
  11. 11.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −25
  12. 12.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 12
  13. 13.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) −1
  14. 14.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 17 (d) 11
  18. 18.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −6 (d) 4
  19. 19.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 11
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 21 (c) −5 (d) 5
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 11
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 21 (c) −25 (d) 25
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) −6 (d) 16
  25. 25.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 69 (c) −39 (d) −49
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −8
  28. 28.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −45 (c) −35 (d) 71
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 5
  31. 31.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −29 (c) 45 (d) 29
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 31 (d) 37
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 17 (d) 27
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) −2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 22 (c) 44 (d) 54
  37. 37.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 65 (d) 27
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 4
  39. 39.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 43 (c) 11 (d) −11
  40. 40.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 20

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. −20
  3. −3
  4. −32
  5. −16
  6. 0
  7. −23
  8. 9
  9. 9
  10. −42
  11. 25
  12. 2
  13. 1
  14. −3
  15. −13
  16. −3
  17. 11
  18. −6
  19. 0
  20. 11
  21. 5
  22. −11
  23. 25
  24. 6
  25. −49
  26. −9
  27. 2
  28. −45
  29. −7
  30. 11
  31. −29
  32. 37
  33. 27
  34. 22
  35. 22
  36. 44
  37. −27
  38. 4
  39. 11
  40. 4

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