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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 237 · 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 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 14 (d) 20
  3. 3.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 46 (c) −16 (d) −26
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 19
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 25 (d) −11
  6. 6.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) 6
  7. 7.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 43
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 16 (c) 46 (d) 36
  9. 9.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 71 (c) 41 (d) −31
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 53 (c) 43 (d) −43
  11. 11.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  12. 12.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 21
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 12
  14. 14.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 49
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 13 (d) 9
  16. 16.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −10
  19. 19.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) 15
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 4
  21. 21.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 82 (c) −4 (d) 4
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −24
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 0
  24. 24.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  25. 25.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 18
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  27. 27.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 29 (d) 19
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 11
  31. 31.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −8
  32. 32.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) −13
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 25
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −46 (c) 46 (d) 56
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) −1
  37. 37.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −5
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) −28
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 5 (c) 39 (d) −29

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 20
  3. −26
  4. 37
  5. 11
  6. −6
  7. −11
  8. 36
  9. −41
  10. 43
  11. −6
  12. 11
  13. −2
  14. −31
  15. 9
  16. 7
  17. −4
  18. 10
  19. 5
  20. 4
  21. −4
  22. −14
  23. 0
  24. −6
  25. 8
  26. 9
  27. −7
  28. −1
  29. 9
  30. 9
  31. −18
  32. −13
  33. 7
  34. 46
  35. 1
  36. 1
  37. 5
  38. 28
  39. 11
  40. 29

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