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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 336 · 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 −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  2. 2.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  3. 3.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 41 (d) 17
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  6. 6.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 9
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) 15
  9. 9.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −1
  10. 10.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 6
  12. 12.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  13. 13.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  14. 14.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 45 (d) 21
  16. 16.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −25 (d) −15
  17. 17.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) −45 (c) 71 (d) 45
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 4
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 23 (c) 35 (d) 25
  20. 20.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 93 (d) −21
  21. 21.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −15 (c) −25 (d) 25
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 10 (d) −10
  23. 23.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −2
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −10 (d) 0
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 34
  27. 27.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) −9
  28. 28.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) −4
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −3
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 44 (c) 22 (d) 32
  33. 33.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 38 (c) 14 (d) 4
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 5 (c) −19 (d) 19
  35. 35.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 7
  36. 36.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 16
  37. 37.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  38. 38.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 10
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 49 (d) 19
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26

Answer key

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

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