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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 472 · 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 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 21 (c) −3 (d) 3
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 13
  4. 4.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 40
  5. 5.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 85 (c) −15 (d) −25
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) −7
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 13
  8. 8.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 92
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 9
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 5 (d) 15
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −1
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 31
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −3
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 14
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  20. 20.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 41 (d) 9
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 0 (d) 14
  22. 22.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −6
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) −1
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) 9
  26. 26.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  27. 27.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −9 (d) 1
  28. 28.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 43
  29. 29.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 3 (d) −15
  30. 30.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −10
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  32. 32.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 22
  33. 33.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 9 (c) 25 (d) −25
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 21
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 22
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 22 (c) −14 (d) 24
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  39. 39.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −25 (c) −15 (d) 25
  40. 40.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 87 (c) −17 (d) 27

Answer key

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

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