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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 43 · 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 −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  2. 2.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10
  3. 3.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 6
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) −32
  6. 6.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) −33 (d) 83
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) 27
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 12
  11. 11.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 3
  12. 12.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 41 (d) 7
  13. 13.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 11
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) 3
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 20
  16. 16.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 9 (c) −7 (d) 17
  17. 17.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 70
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 21
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 31 (d) −21
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  21. 21.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 62 (d) 24
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) −15
  23. 23.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) −35 (d) 73
  24. 24.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −3
  25. 25.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 0
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  27. 27.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 58 (d) −22
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 25 (d) −15
  29. 29.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) 20
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) 48
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  32. 32.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 60 (c) −48 (d) −38
  33. 33.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 40
  34. 34.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 52 (d) 16
  35. 35.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 59 (d) −7
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 23
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 6
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) 16
  39. 39.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 12

Answer key

  1. 5
  2. 0
  3. −4
  4. 7
  5. 32
  6. −4
  7. −33
  8. 3
  9. 17
  10. 12
  11. −7
  12. −3
  13. 5
  14. 3
  15. −4
  16. −17
  17. 2
  18. 39
  19. 21
  20. 1
  21. 14
  22. 15
  23. −35
  24. −3
  25. −6
  26. 11
  27. −22
  28. 15
  29. 10
  30. 38
  31. 7
  32. −48
  33. 18
  34. 16
  35. 7
  36. −1
  37. −6
  38. 6
  39. 0
  40. 0

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