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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 424 · 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 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  2. 2.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  4. 4.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 66 (c) 18 (d) −8
  5. 5.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −9
  6. 6.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 100 (c) −10 (d) −20
  7. 7.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 30
  8. 8.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 86 (c) −32 (d) −22
  9. 9.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 3
  11. 11.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 20
  12. 12.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 69 (c) 5 (d) 15
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  14. 14.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 14
  15. 15.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 24 (d) −10
  16. 16.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 50 (d) −2
  17. 17.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  19. 19.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 47 (d) 15
  20. 20.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 78 (d) −18
  21. 21.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 3
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 19
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 15
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 9
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  26. 26.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 12
  28. 28.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 36
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 15
  30. 30.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 22
  31. 31.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −16
  32. 32.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  33. 33.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 12
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  35. 35.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  36. 36.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 30 (d) 10
  37. 37.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 40 (d) −10
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) 26
  39. 39.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 9 (d) −7

Answer key

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

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