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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 41 · 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 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −15
  3. 3.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) 40 (c) 50 (d) −40
  4. 4.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  5. 5.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 35 (c) −23 (d) 23
  6. 6.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  7. 7.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 71
  8. 8.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  9. 9.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) −22 (d) 86
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 9
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) 5
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  13. 13.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 40 (c) 6 (d) 4
  14. 14.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 16 (d) 0
  16. 16.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) −9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 87 (c) −23 (d) 33
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 3
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) 51
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 21 (c) 45 (d) 35
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 6 (c) −20 (d) 20
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) −15
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 7
  25. 25.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  26. 26.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 1
  27. 27.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 11
  28. 28.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 35 (c) −7 (d) 3
  29. 29.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −4
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) −25
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 19 (c) 45 (d) 35
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 12
  34. 34.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 53 (c) 3 (d) 7
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  36. 36.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 76
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  39. 39.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  40. 40.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 20

Answer key

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

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