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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 251 · 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 −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 29
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) 4
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 5
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 26 (d) 38
  7. 7.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 36 (c) 0 (d) −10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 48 (c) −2 (d) 12
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  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) 42 (b) −32 (c) 14 (d) 32
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  12. 12.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 64 (d) −26
  15. 15.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 27 (d) 7
  16. 16.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 31
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) −3
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 11 (c) 29 (d) 39
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) 45 (c) 21 (d) −45
  21. 21.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 35 (c) −1 (d) −11
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  23. 23.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) 4
  24. 24.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 15
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) 27
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  28. 28.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  29. 29.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7
  30. 30.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 49
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) −14
  33. 33.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −1
  34. 34.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 69 (d) −31
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) −21 (d) 31
  36. 36.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 88
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) 14
  38. 38.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  39. 39.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 45
  40. 40.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 64 (d) −28

Answer key

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

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