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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 47 · 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 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) −4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 20 (d) 18
  3. 3.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 15
  6. 6.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 14
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −17
  9. 9.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 19
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) −9
  12. 12.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) −10
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  14. 14.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 66 (d) −14
  15. 15.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 12
  16. 16.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 36
  17. 17.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 41 (c) −5 (d) −15
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 35
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  20. 20.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 31
  22. 22.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 6
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −4 (d) −20
  26. 26.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) −14
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) −15
  28. 28.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 91 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) −4
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  31. 31.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 40
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −9
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 1
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) −14
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 16
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 38
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 23
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  40. 40.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 76 (c) −24 (d) 34

Answer key

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

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