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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 267 · 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 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 15
  2. 2.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −28 (c) −18 (d) 28
  3. 3.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 40 (c) −18 (d) −8
  4. 4.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 67
  5. 5.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −8 (d) −18
  6. 6.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 61 (c) −9 (d) −19
  7. 7.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) −17
  8. 8.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) −3 (d) 17
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 7 (d) 29
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 7
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  12. 12.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
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −8
  14. 14.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 17
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  16. 16.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 67 (d) −21
  17. 17.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 87 (d) −19
  18. 18.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) −25 (c) 51 (d) 35
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 27
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 25 (c) 17 (d) 7
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) 4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 22
  23. 23.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −9
  24. 24.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 62
  25. 25.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 31 (d) 7
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 19
  27. 27.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −2
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 35
  29. 29.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 8
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 3 (d) 37
  31. 31.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 60 (d) 14
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 43 (c) 27 (d) −43
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 17 (c) −9 (d) 9
  34. 34.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 36 (d) 12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 17
  36. 36.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 32
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 28
  38. 38.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) 14

Answer key

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

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