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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 315 · 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 −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 12
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) 32 (d) −22
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 9
  4. 4.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  5. 5.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −35 (c) −45 (d) 45
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 0 (d) 22
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 77 (c) −15 (d) 5
  9. 9.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 59 (c) −25 (d) −35
  10. 10.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 44 (d) 16
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  12. 12.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 91
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 18
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 9 (d) −1
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 30
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 11 (d) 35
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 2
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −11 (d) 21
  19. 19.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 7
  20. 20.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 68 (d) −46
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 17 (c) 31 (d) −21
  23. 23.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  24. 24.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 69
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −2
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.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) 40 (d) 26
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  30. 30.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 90 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 19
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 5
  33. 33.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  34. 34.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 24
  35. 35.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) −49
  36. 36.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 42
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 11
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 24 (c) −36 (d) 46
  40. 40.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 59

Answer key

  1. 6
  2. 22
  3. 9
  4. −8
  5. −45
  6. 12
  7. 10
  8. −5
  9. −35
  10. 16
  11. 13
  12. −17
  13. 18
  14. −1
  15. 30
  16. 25
  17. 2
  18. 11
  19. −3
  20. −3
  21. −46
  22. 21
  23. −13
  24. −41
  25. 7
  26. 2
  27. 15
  28. 40
  29. 6
  30. −14
  31. 13
  32. −5
  33. −15
  34. −12
  35. −49
  36. 0
  37. 1
  38. −4
  39. 36
  40. −39

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