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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 378 · 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 −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) 12
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) −48
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 29 (c) 21 (d) 11
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 10 (d) 8
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 13
  6. 6.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) −3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 6
  9. 9.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 3
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) 9 (d) −23
  11. 11.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 3 (d) 13
  12. 12.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 56 (c) −32 (d) 32
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) −1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 17 (d) −13
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 25 (d) 1
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 1
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) −2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  23. 23.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 65 (c) −23 (d) −33
  24. 24.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 80 (d) −38
  25. 25.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 12 (c) −32 (d) 42
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 26
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 13 (d) −15
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 26 (c) 22 (d) 12
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 13 (d) 21
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) 25
  33. 33.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  35. 35.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −42 (c) 64 (d) −52
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) −28
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  39. 39.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 12
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 6 (d) −20

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. −48
  3. 11
  4. 8
  5. 25
  6. 2
  7. −3
  8. 6
  9. −11
  10. 23
  11. −13
  12. −32
  13. −1
  14. 13
  15. −6
  16. 1
  17. 10
  18. 15
  19. −6
  20. −2
  21. −1
  22. 0
  23. −33
  24. −38
  25. −1
  26. 32
  27. 16
  28. −5
  29. 12
  30. −4
  31. 11
  32. 15
  33. 2
  34. −7
  35. −52
  36. 2
  37. −38
  38. 15
  39. 2
  40. 20

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