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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 528 · 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 −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −9
  2. 2.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 14
  3. 3.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  4. 4.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  5. 5.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 65 (c) −13 (d) 13
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 27 (d) 13
  7. 7.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 45 (c) −21 (d) 21
  8. 8.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −12 (c) 52 (d) 22
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 11
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  11. 11.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 47 (d) 19
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 7
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  14. 14.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 1
  17. 17.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 12 (c) 0 (d) 10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 19 (c) 23 (d) 13
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 36
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 32
  21. 21.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 6
  22. 22.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) −38 (d) 64
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 10
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) −11
  25. 25.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 80 (c) −22 (d) −12
  26. 26.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 41 (c) 7 (d) −7
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  28. 28.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 9
  29. 29.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 47 (d) −13
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −5
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 21 (c) −15 (d) 15
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  33. 33.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 4
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 20
  35. 35.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  38. 38.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 30
  39. 39.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) −10
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 25

Answer key

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

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