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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 274 · 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 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 20
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) −11 (d) 11
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 26 (d) 40
  5. 5.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 33
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) −20 (d) 30
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −4
  8. 8.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 4
  9. 9.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) −24 (d) 54
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 24 (c) −10 (d) 0
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  13. 13.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  14. 14.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 35 (d) 7
  15. 15.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 53 (d) −43
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 22
  17. 17.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 54 (c) −26 (d) 26
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 17
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −12
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 10 (d) 16
  21. 21.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) −2
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 21
  23. 23.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 91 (c) −1 (d) −11
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 14
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 24
  26. 26.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 25
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 50 (c) −40 (d) 40
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 14 (d) 44
  29. 29.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 26 (d) 2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  34. 34.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) 4
  35. 35.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 40
  36. 36.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 22
  37. 37.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  38. 38.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 64 (d) −44
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 1

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. −11
  3. 35
  4. 40
  5. 3
  6. 20
  7. 4
  8. 4
  9. −34
  10. 0
  11. 0
  12. −4
  13. 20
  14. −7
  15. −43
  16. 14
  17. 26
  18. −17
  19. −2
  20. 16
  21. 2
  22. 13
  23. −11
  24. −6
  25. 14
  26. −5
  27. 40
  28. 34
  29. −1
  30. 2
  31. 11
  32. 10
  33. −6
  34. −4
  35. 20
  36. −2
  37. −5
  38. −44
  39. 17
  40. −1

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