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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 498 · 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 −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 1
  2. 2.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 44
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 13
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 15
  5. 5.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 9 (c) 25 (d) 15
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 36
  8. 8.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) −17
  9. 9.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −6
  10. 10.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 15
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 3
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  13. 13.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 53 (c) 9 (d) −1
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 23 (d) −35
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −34 (c) −24 (d) 34
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) 2
  17. 17.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 49
  18. 18.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  19. 19.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 37
  20. 20.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 47
  21. 21.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) −29 (d) 49
  22. 22.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 19 (d) −5
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  25. 25.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 52 (c) 28 (d) −42
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  28. 28.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) −29 (d) 75
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −14 (d) 24
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) 9
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) 36
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 7
  35. 35.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 0 (d) 2
  36. 36.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 3
  38. 38.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
  39. 39.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −18 (d) −8
  40. 40.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −21

Answer key

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

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