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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 367 · 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 −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 2
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −51 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) 69
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 32 (d) −22
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 15
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 6
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 7
  7. 7.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 25
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 11
  9. 9.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 62 (d) 0
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 28 (d) −30
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −9
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 1
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 35
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 23 (c) 37 (d) 47
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  18. 18.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  19. 19.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 29 (d) −15
  20. 20.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 14
  21. 21.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  22. 22.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 22 (d) 4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 14
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) 10
  26. 26.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) 20 (d) 52
  28. 28.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 40 (d) 12
  29. 29.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −10
  30. 30.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −4 (d) −5
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 30 (c) −38 (d) 38
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  33. 33.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  34. 34.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 15
  35. 35.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) −12 (d) 12
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 52 (c) −30 (d) −40
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  39. 39.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  40. 40.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) −33 (c) 31 (d) 43

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. −51
  3. 22
  4. 3
  5. 2
  6. 19
  7. −3
  8. 29
  9. 0
  10. 30
  11. −9
  12. 18
  13. 1
  14. 0
  15. 35
  16. 37
  17. 0
  18. −3
  19. −15
  20. −2
  21. −10
  22. −4
  23. −2
  24. 6
  25. 0
  26. 7
  27. 42
  28. 2
  29. −10
  30. −5
  31. 38
  32. 9
  33. 9
  34. 9
  35. −12
  36. 2
  37. −40
  38. 5
  39. 2
  40. 33

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