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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 244 · 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 −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 31
  2. 2.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) 11
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 80
  5. 5.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) −30
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −4
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −6
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  9. 9.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  10. 10.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 68 (d) −16
  11. 11.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) −16
  12. 12.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 21 (c) 35 (d) 45
  15. 15.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 51 (c) −19 (d) −29
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) −2
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) −5 (d) 15
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 20
  21. 21.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 65
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) −16
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 6
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −7
  25. 25.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  27. 27.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 68 (c) 4 (d) −4
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  29. 29.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 22
  30. 30.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 88 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 18 (d) 10
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 4
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −9
  34. 34.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 24
  36. 36.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 33
  37. 37.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) −3
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) −9

Answer key

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

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