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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 376 · 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 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −8
  2. 2.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 58 (d) −46
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 19 (c) 53 (d) 43
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) 11
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 2 (d) 18
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 12
  8. 8.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) −20
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 22 (d) 24
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 32
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 18 (c) −42 (d) 52
  13. 13.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  15. 15.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 25 (c) −1 (d) 11
  16. 16.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 14
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) −16
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −1
  19. 19.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 18
  20. 20.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) −1
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 17
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 26 (c) 52 (d) 42
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 31
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −14
  28. 28.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 48
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 29 (c) 15 (d) −29
  32. 32.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  33. 33.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 16
  34. 34.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  36. 36.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) 4
  37. 37.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 5
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 67 (c) 35 (d) −25
  40. 40.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) −51

Answer key

  1. −8
  2. −46
  3. 43
  4. 1
  5. 18
  6. −2
  7. −12
  8. −20
  9. 7
  10. 14
  11. 8
  12. 42
  13. −20
  14. 17
  15. 1
  16. 2
  17. −6
  18. −1
  19. 4
  20. −10
  21. 1
  22. 1
  23. 5
  24. 42
  25. 12
  26. 21
  27. −4
  28. −36
  29. −3
  30. −1
  31. 29
  32. −2
  33. −8
  34. −12
  35. 10
  36. 4
  37. 3
  38. 2
  39. −35
  40. −51

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