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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 44 · 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 −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 1
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  4. 4.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 69 (c) 15 (d) −5
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  6. 6.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 39 (c) −11 (d) −21
  7. 7.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) −11 (d) 1
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 8
  9. 9.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −2
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 15
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 63
  13. 13.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 67 (c) −19 (d) −9
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 11 (c) −17 (d) 17
  16. 16.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) −15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 23 (d) 9
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 17 (d) −39
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 5
  23. 23.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) −38
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 29
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 18
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 9
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) −13
  28. 28.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  29. 29.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −11
  30. 30.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 51
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −5
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) −1
  33. 33.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 26
  34. 34.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −40 (c) −30 (d) 40
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 28
  36. 36.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) −44 (d) 54
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  38. 38.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  39. 39.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −1 (d) −7
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 23 (c) 35 (d) 45

Answer key

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

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