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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 392 · 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 −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  3. 3.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 14 (c) −18 (d) 18
  6. 6.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −44 (c) −34 (d) 44
  7. 7.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 95 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) −1
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) −8 (d) 8
  10. 10.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 58 (d) 16
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 21 (d) 27
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −15 (d) −5
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  14. 14.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) −8
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) −42 (c) 28 (d) 42
  16. 16.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  17. 17.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 73 (d) 21
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 7 (c) −5 (d) 5
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) 17
  20. 20.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) −15
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 22 (d) 6
  22. 22.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 26
  24. 24.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 57 (c) −27 (d) 27
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 14
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 9
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 12 (d) 28
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) 9
  33. 33.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) −31
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −4
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 23 (c) −29 (d) 29
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 21
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 12 (d) 26
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 15 (d) 33
  39. 39.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 49 (c) −7 (d) 3
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 2
  3. −2
  4. 6
  5. 18
  6. −44
  7. −15
  8. 1
  9. 8
  10. −16
  11. 17
  12. −5
  13. 7
  14. 2
  15. 42
  16. 1
  17. −21
  18. −5
  19. 7
  20. −5
  21. 6
  22. 2
  23. −2
  24. −13
  25. 6
  26. −27
  27. 19
  28. −3
  29. 8
  30. −5
  31. 18
  32. −1
  33. −31
  34. −4
  35. 29
  36. 11
  37. 26
  38. 33
  39. −7
  40. 0

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