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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 51 · 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 −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) 3
  3. 3.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) −19
  4. 4.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) −18 (d) −8
  5. 5.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 85 (c) −11 (d) 11
  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) −15 (d) 25
  7. 7.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) 60
  8. 8.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 65
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 60
  12. 12.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) −5
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  16. 16.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) 26
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) −11 (d) 11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 11
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 7 (d) −29
  23. 23.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 43
  24. 24.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  25. 25.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 16
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  28. 28.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 16
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −2
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  31. 31.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 47 (d) −3
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  34. 34.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 28 (c) 12 (d) 22
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 4
  36. 36.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 7 (c) 41 (d) −31
  38. 38.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 79
  39. 39.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 50 (c) −10 (d) 10
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 23

Answer key

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

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