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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 314 · 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 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) 6
  2. 2.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 32 (c) 2 (d) −8
  3. 3.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 3
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 23 (d) 39
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 28
  6. 6.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 1
  7. 7.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 50 (c) 32 (d) −32
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 25 (c) 41 (d) 31
  9. 9.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 87 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 19
  10. 10.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 43 (d) 23
  11. 11.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 64 (c) −10 (d) −20
  12. 12.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −54 (b) −44 (c) 66 (d) 54
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 31
  16. 16.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 4
  20. 20.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  21. 21.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) 46
  22. 22.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) −17
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 26
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 25 (c) −7 (d) 7
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −7 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) 7
  26. 26.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 11
  27. 27.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −28 (c) 68 (d) 28
  28. 28.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 55 (c) 45 (d) −45
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) −6
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 13
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) 22
  33. 33.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 13 (d) 15
  34. 34.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −11 (d) −1
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 19
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) −33
  37. 37.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 49 (c) 9 (d) −9
  38. 38.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 40 (c) 50 (d) −40
  40. 40.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9

Answer key

  1. 6
  2. −8
  3. 3
  4. 39
  5. 8
  6. −7
  7. −32
  8. 31
  9. −19
  10. 13
  11. −20
  12. −54
  13. −7
  14. 9
  15. 33
  16. −14
  17. −5
  18. 13
  19. −2
  20. −6
  21. 24
  22. 17
  23. 6
  24. 7
  25. 7
  26. −11
  27. −28
  28. −14
  29. 45
  30. 4
  31. −5
  32. 40
  33. 5
  34. −11
  35. 3
  36. 33
  37. −9
  38. −4
  39. 40
  40. 9

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