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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 511 · 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 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 22 (d) 0
  3. 3.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 17
  4. 4.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 61 (c) 19 (d) 9
  5. 5.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 9
  7. 7.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  8. 8.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 71
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 35 (d) −25
  10. 10.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −52 (b) 68 (c) −42 (d) 52
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) −11
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) −8 (d) 8
  13. 13.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) −4
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 43
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) −6
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 3
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  20. 20.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 8
  22. 22.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) −2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 28 (c) −4 (d) 4
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 25 (d) 39
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 25
  26. 26.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 15
  28. 28.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) −42
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) 1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 9
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 2
  32. 32.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) −5
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 8 (d) −8
  34. 34.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 8
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 18 (c) 44 (d) −34
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −13
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) 30
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 7
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) −18 (d) 28
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) −6 (d) 16

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. 0
  3. −1
  4. 9
  5. −16
  6. 7
  7. −15
  8. −17
  9. 25
  10. −52
  11. 11
  12. −8
  13. −3
  14. 4
  15. 33
  16. −1
  17. −6
  18. −11
  19. −15
  20. 9
  21. 0
  22. −2
  23. 4
  24. 39
  25. 9
  26. −20
  27. 27
  28. −42
  29. −9
  30. −3
  31. −8
  32. −15
  33. 8
  34. −8
  35. 34
  36. 13
  37. 20
  38. 1
  39. 18
  40. 6

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