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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 399 · 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 −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 6 (c) 0 (d) 10
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 16
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 15 (d) 11
  4. 4.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  5. 5.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 13
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 22 (d) 48
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  8. 8.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 23
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) −3
  10. 10.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 54
  11. 11.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  12. 12.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 11
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) 12
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) −14
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  18. 18.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 12
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 15 (d) −11
  20. 20.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 3
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 43 (c) 53 (d) 19
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  25. 25.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 61 (c) 25 (d) 15
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 43 (c) −43 (d) 53
  27. 27.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 63 (c) −43 (d) 43
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −20
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) 18
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) 28 (d) −36
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 12
  33. 33.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 43
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  35. 35.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) −17
  36. 36.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 60 (d) −6
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) −33
  38. 38.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 60
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 19

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. 12
  3. 11
  4. −3
  5. −7
  6. 38
  7. 35
  8. 13
  9. 3
  10. −24
  11. 0
  12. −9
  13. 19
  14. 12
  15. 5
  16. −24
  17. 38
  18. 2
  19. −11
  20. −16
  21. 21
  22. 43
  23. −5
  24. −6
  25. 15
  26. 43
  27. −43
  28. 20
  29. 26
  30. 36
  31. −9
  32. 12
  33. −25
  34. −6
  35. −7
  36. −16
  37. 33
  38. −32
  39. −1
  40. 3

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