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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 40 · 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 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 17
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 50 (c) −40 (d) 40
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) 6 (d) −6
  4. 4.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 59 (d) −15
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 21
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  9. 9.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) −25 (d) 63
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −3 (d) 7
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 22 (d) 40
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  13. 13.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 1
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) 18
  15. 15.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 11
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 6
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −14 (c) 94 (d) 24
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  20. 20.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 20
  22. 22.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −52 (b) −42 (c) 66 (d) 52
  23. 23.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 6
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) −23 (d) 33
  26. 26.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 62 (d) 14
  27. 27.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −4 (d) 4
  28. 28.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 83 (c) 33 (d) −33
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 5 (c) 31 (d) −21
  31. 31.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 49 (c) 13 (d) −3
  32. 32.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  33. 33.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 60
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) −3
  35. 35.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) −6 (d) 6
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 14 (d) 2
  38. 38.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 14
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 19
  40. 40.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2

Answer key

  1. 7
  2. 40
  3. 6
  4. −25
  5. 31
  6. 13
  7. −1
  8. −17
  9. −35
  10. −3
  11. 40
  12. −1
  13. 1
  14. −18
  15. −3
  16. 6
  17. −5
  18. −24
  19. 16
  20. −16
  21. −6
  22. −52
  23. 9
  24. 2
  25. 23
  26. 14
  27. −4
  28. −33
  29. 6
  30. 21
  31. 3
  32. −8
  33. −28
  34. 3
  35. −12
  36. 6
  37. 2
  38. 2
  39. 23
  40. −8

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