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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 49 · 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 −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  2. 2.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 28 (d) 38
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 20 (c) −34 (d) 44
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 12
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −8
  7. 7.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 79 (d) −25
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  9. 9.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  10. 10.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 41 (c) 11 (d) −11
  11. 11.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 49 (d) −21
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 21 (d) −11
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 6 (c) 40 (d) 30
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  17. 17.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −14
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  19. 19.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 54 (c) −2 (d) 2
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 3 (d) 7
  21. 21.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) −1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  23. 23.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 68 (c) 30 (d) −30
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 15
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) −5
  26. 26.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 13
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 13
  28. 28.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 16
  29. 29.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 68 (c) −10 (d) −20
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) −19
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 6
  32. 32.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 50
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 69 (d) 17
  35. 35.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) −12 (d) 12
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  37. 37.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 16 (c) −10 (d) 10
  38. 38.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −15 (d) −5
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 31

Answer key

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

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