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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 370 · 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 −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  2. 2.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 40 (c) 24 (d) −24
  3. 3.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 4
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  5. 5.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 58 (d) −34
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 65 (d) −53
  8. 8.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 81 (c) 33 (d) −33
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −10 (d) 20
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 18
  11. 11.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) −28 (d) 38
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −10
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 44 (c) 54 (d) −44
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 21 (d) 13
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  16. 16.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 50 (d) 4
  17. 17.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −39 (c) −49 (d) 49
  18. 18.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 62 (c) 24 (d) −24
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 28
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 25
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 2
  24. 24.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −4
  25. 25.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −41 (c) −51 (d) 51
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 33 (c) 35 (d) 45
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 19 (d) 17
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) −11
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 0 (d) 22
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 18
  31. 31.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) −13
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 12
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −10
  34. 34.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) −5 (d) 15
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 23
  37. 37.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 38
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 2 (d) 16
  39. 39.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −24 (c) 94 (d) 24
  40. 40.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. −24
  3. −8
  4. 26
  5. −34
  6. 8
  7. −53
  8. −33
  9. 10
  10. 8
  11. −38
  12. 0
  13. 44
  14. 13
  15. 2
  16. 4
  17. −49
  18. −24
  19. 42
  20. 8
  21. 27
  22. 1
  23. 22
  24. 4
  25. −51
  26. 35
  27. 17
  28. 11
  29. 22
  30. 36
  31. −3
  32. 10
  33. 0
  34. 5
  35. 7
  36. 5
  37. 4
  38. 16
  39. −24
  40. −7

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