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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 384 · 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 −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 13
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 13
  3. 3.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 48
  4. 4.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) −2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 82 (c) −20 (d) −10
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 9 (d) 25
  7. 7.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −13 (d) −3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 30
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 23
  10. 10.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 61 (d) −35
  11. 11.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 45 (d) −5
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 9
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 13
  14. 14.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −3
  16. 16.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 0 (c) −22 (d) 22
  19. 19.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −3
  20. 20.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  21. 21.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 69 (c) −33 (d) 33
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 24 (c) 48 (d) −38
  23. 23.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 31
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 8
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 15 (d) 47
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 3
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 7
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 5
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  30. 30.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 59 (c) −1 (d) −11
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) −3
  32. 32.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 37 (d) −19
  33. 33.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 84
  34. 34.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 67 (d) −41
  35. 35.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −7
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 23
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 14 (c) 44 (d) 34
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12

Answer key

  1. −1
  2. 3
  3. −2
  4. −12
  5. −20
  6. 25
  7. −13
  8. 10
  9. 3
  10. −35
  11. −5
  12. 17
  13. 1
  14. −3
  15. 3
  16. −9
  17. −15
  18. 22
  19. −3
  20. 6
  21. −33
  22. 38
  23. 3
  24. 10
  25. 37
  26. 23
  27. −7
  28. −5
  29. 5
  30. −11
  31. −3
  32. −19
  33. −30
  34. −41
  35. −20
  36. −17
  37. 13
  38. 27
  39. 34
  40. −2

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