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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 31 · 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 −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) −16
  3. 3.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −20 (c) 86 (d) 30
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 16
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −16
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) −1
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  9. 9.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 1
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) 5
  12. 12.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 95 (c) 19 (d) −19
  13. 13.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 46 (c) 4 (d) −4
  14. 14.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 46
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) 52 (d) 26
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 16 (d) 12
  17. 17.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 39 (c) 21 (d) 11
  18. 18.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 13
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 22
  21. 21.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 71 (c) −15 (d) 15
  22. 22.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) −5
  23. 23.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) −11 (d) 11
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −12
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 33
  26. 26.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 85 (c) −5 (d) 5
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 23 (d) −5
  29. 29.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 75 (c) −15 (d) −25
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 26 (c) −28 (d) 28
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  32. 32.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) −1
  33. 33.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) −13
  34. 34.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 72
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  36. 36.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) −43 (d) 57
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 1
  38. 38.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) −14
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 20
  40. 40.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) −36

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 16
  3. −30
  4. −4
  5. −6
  6. 1
  7. 3
  8. 1
  9. 5
  10. −5
  11. 19
  12. −19
  13. −4
  14. 12
  15. 42
  16. 12
  17. 11
  18. −5
  19. −5
  20. 18
  21. −15
  22. −5
  23. −11
  24. 12
  25. 33
  26. −5
  27. 6
  28. 5
  29. −25
  30. 28
  31. 7
  32. −7
  33. −13
  34. −34
  35. 11
  36. −43
  37. −1
  38. −24
  39. 22
  40. −36

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