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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 39 · 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 −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 22
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 21
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 8
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 2
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) −12
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 26
  7. 7.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 13 (c) −15 (d) 5
  8. 8.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 51 (d) 1
  9. 9.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 83 (c) −23 (d) 23
  10. 10.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  11. 11.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) −4
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 3
  13. 13.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 90 (c) −18 (d) −8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 61 (c) −3 (d) −13
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  16. 16.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 12
  18. 18.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 43 (c) 19 (d) −9
  21. 21.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 44
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 21
  24. 24.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 43
  25. 25.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) −31 (c) 51 (d) 41
  26. 26.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −25
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −9
  28. 28.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 63 (d) −43
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) −6
  30. 30.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) 15
  33. 33.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) −42 (d) 68
  34. 34.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 56 (d) −10
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) 1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −10 (d) 20
  37. 37.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  39. 39.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 22 (c) −16 (d) 26

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. 9
  3. 14
  4. 12
  5. 12
  6. 14
  7. −5
  8. 1
  9. −23
  10. −1
  11. −14
  12. −3
  13. −18
  14. −13
  15. 8
  16. −13
  17. 20
  18. −10
  19. 17
  20. −19
  21. −24
  22. −2
  23. 5
  24. −21
  25. −41
  26. −15
  27. 9
  28. −43
  29. −16
  30. −8
  31. 8
  32. 5
  33. −42
  34. 10
  35. 1
  36. 10
  37. 6
  38. 6
  39. −6
  40. 16

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