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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 520 · 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 −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 24 (c) 0 (d) 10
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 14
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  4. 4.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 46 (d) 4
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) −5
  6. 6.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 75
  7. 7.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 13
  8. 8.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 80
  9. 9.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 7
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 5
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) 8
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 12
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  15. 15.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) −1
  18. 18.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 21 (d) 3
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −16
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 49
  21. 21.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 38 (c) 18 (d) 28
  22. 22.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 21
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) −43 (c) 25 (d) 43
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 22 (c) 40 (d) 30
  27. 27.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 50 (c) 10 (d) −10
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 13
  29. 29.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 17
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 3 (d) 35
  32. 32.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 2 (d) 8
  33. 33.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 60 (d) 30
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 18
  35. 35.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 67 (c) −41 (d) −31
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 42 (c) 28 (d) −42
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −25
  38. 38.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 6
  39. 39.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 8

Answer key

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

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