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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 386 · 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 −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) −6
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) −45 (c) 45 (d) 23
  3. 3.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 38 (c) −18 (d) 28
  4. 4.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −5
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 23 (c) −17 (d) 17
  6. 6.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) −2
  8. 8.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 59
  9. 9.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −36 (c) −26 (d) 36
  10. 10.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 39 (c) 21 (d) −11
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) 12
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 9
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) 23
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) −17
  16. 16.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) 11
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 29
  20. 20.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −25
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 5
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) −24
  23. 23.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 16
  24. 24.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 49 (d) −7
  25. 25.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 70 (c) 12 (d) 2
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 27
  27. 27.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  29. 29.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −8 (d) 8
  31. 31.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 84 (d) −22
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 13
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 0
  34. 34.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  35. 35.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 79 (d) −39
  36. 36.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 23
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 13 (c) 41 (d) −31
  38. 38.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 2
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 26 (c) 54 (d) −44
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 25 (d) −11

Answer key

  1. 6
  2. 45
  3. 18
  4. −15
  5. 17
  6. 19
  7. 20
  8. −29
  9. −36
  10. 11
  11. 12
  12. 9
  13. 41
  14. −4
  15. 17
  16. −11
  17. −13
  18. 10
  19. 7
  20. 25
  21. 5
  22. 24
  23. 8
  24. −7
  25. 2
  26. 13
  27. −1
  28. −7
  29. −9
  30. 8
  31. −22
  32. −5
  33. 0
  34. −11
  35. −39
  36. −7
  37. 31
  38. −2
  39. 44
  40. 11

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