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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 372 · 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 −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 12
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 7
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −23 (c) 71 (d) 23
  5. 5.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  6. 6.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 69
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 9
  9. 9.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 91 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −9
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  13. 13.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 52 (c) 6 (d) 16
  14. 14.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 67 (d) 1
  15. 15.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 5 (d) 13
  16. 16.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  17. 17.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  18. 18.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 35
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 22 (d) 20
  20. 20.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 6 (d) 15
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  22. 22.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  24. 24.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 13
  25. 25.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  26. 26.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 26 (c) −2 (d) 8
  27. 27.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  28. 28.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 49 (c) 5 (d) 15
  29. 29.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 69 (d) −35
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 24
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 7
  32. 32.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −4
  33. 33.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 22
  35. 35.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  36. 36.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 83 (d) −29
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) −11
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  39. 39.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 36 (d) −2
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 24

Answer key

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

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