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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 495 · 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 −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) 11
  2. 2.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  3. 3.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) −2
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 7 (c) 31 (d) −31
  5. 5.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 93
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 24
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 31 (c) 33 (d) −33
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 16
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 11 (d) 19
  12. 12.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 79
  13. 13.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  14. 14.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −45 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 63
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 15 (c) 43 (d) 33
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 30 (d) 16
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 19
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) −6
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 53 (c) 19 (d) −43
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 19 (d) −41
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) −1
  26. 26.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  27. 27.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) −23
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) −1 (c) 33 (d) 23
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) −19 (d) 29
  30. 30.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 40 (c) −12 (d) 22
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 11 (d) 3
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 25 (c) 45 (d) 35
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 23
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) 1
  37. 37.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 13
  38. 38.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 70 (c) 42 (d) −42
  39. 39.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  40. 40.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 34 (c) −4 (d) 14

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. −11
  3. −2
  4. 31
  5. −15
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 33
  9. 0
  10. −13
  11. 9
  12. −17
  13. −13
  14. −45
  15. 33
  16. 2
  17. −6
  18. −16
  19. 3
  20. −5
  21. −6
  22. 43
  23. 10
  24. 41
  25. −1
  26. −9
  27. −23
  28. 23
  29. 19
  30. −22
  31. −3
  32. 23
  33. 35
  34. 3
  35. 8
  36. 1
  37. −1
  38. −42
  39. −6
  40. 4

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