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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 432 · 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 −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 1
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 14 (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) 6 (d) 4
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) −28
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  6. 6.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) 10
  7. 7.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) −25
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  10. 10.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 10 (d) −34
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) −2
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 6 (d) 26
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 34
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 54 (c) −44 (d) 44
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −40 (c) 50 (d) 40
  17. 17.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 50
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 7 (c) −5 (d) 5
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  20. 20.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 10
  21. 21.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 83 (d) 3
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −12
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −1
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) −23
  25. 25.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 24 (c) −6 (d) 16
  27. 27.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 20
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −3
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 26 (d) −12
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) −2
  31. 31.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  32. 32.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 14
  33. 33.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) 45 (d) −17
  34. 34.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 0 (d) −10
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) −15
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 3 (d) 5
  37. 37.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 23
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) −10
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 23

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. 0
  3. −4
  4. 28
  5. 7
  6. −10
  7. 11
  8. 25
  9. 24
  10. 3
  11. 34
  12. −2
  13. 26
  14. 34
  15. 44
  16. 40
  17. −32
  18. −5
  19. 15
  20. −8
  21. −3
  22. 12
  23. 9
  24. 23
  25. 0
  26. 6
  27. −20
  28. −3
  29. 12
  30. 2
  31. −5
  32. 4
  33. 17
  34. −10
  35. 15
  36. −5
  37. 23
  38. −7
  39. −20
  40. 3

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