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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 340 · 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 −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) −4
  2. 2.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 45
  3. 3.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 40
  4. 4.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −37 (c) 47 (d) −47
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  6. 6.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 79 (c) −1 (d) 9
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 4 (d) 28
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) 41
  11. 11.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 81 (d) −21
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) 21
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 24 (d) 22
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 7
  15. 15.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 4
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 43
  17. 17.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) −3
  18. 18.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) −2
  19. 19.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 12
  20. 20.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −10
  22. 22.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 83 (c) 15 (d) −15
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 28 (d) 10
  25. 25.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 18 (d) −2
  26. 26.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) −32 (d) 74
  27. 27.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −13
  28. 28.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 8
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 26
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) 5
  32. 32.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 43
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 19 (d) 15
  34. 34.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 32 (d) −4
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −4
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −4
  39. 39.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  40. 40.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 15 (d) −3

Answer key

  1. −4
  2. 17
  3. −24
  4. −47
  5. −13
  6. −1
  7. 28
  8. 8
  9. 5
  10. 41
  11. −31
  12. 41
  13. 12
  14. 11
  15. −4
  16. 33
  17. 3
  18. −2
  19. 2
  20. −14
  21. 0
  22. −15
  23. −6
  24. 10
  25. −12
  26. −32
  27. −13
  28. −14
  29. 26
  30. 2
  31. 5
  32. 17
  33. 15
  34. −9
  35. 4
  36. 4
  37. −4
  38. 4
  39. 3
  40. −13

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