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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 385 · 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 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) −15
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) −19 (d) 29
  3. 3.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) −16
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  5. 5.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 47 (d) −15
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  7. 7.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 9
  8. 8.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 60 (c) 24 (d) 14
  9. 9.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 7
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  12. 12.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 67 (c) −3 (d) 13
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  14. 14.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 43
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) −4
  16. 16.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −42 (c) −32 (d) 42
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −24 (d) −14
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 15
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) −2
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 12
  21. 21.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  22. 22.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 32
  23. 23.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) 6
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −14
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) 17
  27. 27.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  28. 28.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −28 (c) −18 (d) 28
  29. 29.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) 4
  31. 31.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 71
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 26
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) −14
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) 7
  35. 35.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) −4 (d) 4
  36. 36.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  37. 37.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) −16
  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) 22 (c) −22 (d) 32
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 29

Answer key

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

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