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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 433 · 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 −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 7
  3. 3.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 31 (d) −7
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 18
  5. 5.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 45 (c) 25 (d) −15
  6. 6.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 62 (d) −38
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 31
  8. 8.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 7 (d) 27
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 9
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) 23 (d) −33
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 3
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  15. 15.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 41 (c) −19 (d) 29
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  17. 17.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 65 (c) −13 (d) 13
  18. 18.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 3
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −12
  20. 20.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 26 (c) −14 (d) 14
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −45 (c) 21 (d) 55
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  26. 26.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 24 (d) 4
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 11 (d) −17
  28. 28.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) −5
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) −3 (d) 3
  30. 30.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) −16
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 35
  32. 32.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) −18
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 3 (d) 23
  36. 36.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) −10
  37. 37.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 6
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 6
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 10
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −7
  3. 7
  4. 0
  5. 15
  6. −38
  7. 7
  8. −11
  9. 27
  10. 23
  11. 33
  12. 1
  13. 3
  14. 13
  15. −29
  16. 17
  17. 13
  18. −7
  19. −2
  20. −3
  21. −13
  22. 0
  23. 14
  24. 45
  25. 4
  26. −4
  27. 17
  28. −15
  29. 3
  30. −16
  31. 35
  32. −18
  33. 2
  34. −8
  35. 23
  36. −20
  37. −2
  38. 5
  39. 0
  40. −5

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