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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 249 · 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 −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 8
  2. 2.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 49 (c) −7 (d) 7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 12
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −16 (d) −6
  6. 6.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 68 (c) −22 (d) 22
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 18 (c) 30 (d) 40
  8. 8.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 13
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) −19 (d) 29
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 14 (c) −32 (d) 42
  11. 11.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) −3
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) −6
  13. 13.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) 8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) 30
  16. 16.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 93 (d) −15
  17. 17.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) −7
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 22
  22. 22.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) 4
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 1
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 14
  27. 27.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 45 (d) 17
  28. 28.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) −13
  29. 29.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 30 (c) 0 (d) 10
  30. 30.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) −40
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) 3
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) 7
  33. 33.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) −30
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 23 (d) 31
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 36
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −8
  39. 39.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) −4
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 7

Answer key

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

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