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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 53 · 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 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) 13
  2. 2.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  3. 3.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) 9 (c) 25 (d) 35
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  5. 5.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) −6
  6. 6.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) 6
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 7
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 30
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 49
  12. 12.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 6
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −21
  14. 14.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 48 (c) 36 (d) −36
  15. 15.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 37 (d) 7
  16. 16.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) 7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) −4
  18. 18.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  19. 19.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  21. 21.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 30 (c) 10 (d) −10
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) −10
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 29 (c) 11 (d) 21
  25. 25.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) −14
  26. 26.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 42 (d) 8
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 5 (d) 29
  28. 28.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 55 (c) 9 (d) −9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 24 (d) 18
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) 28
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) 45 (c) 25 (d) −45
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 26
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  34. 34.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 84 (c) −12 (d) 12
  35. 35.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 67 (d) −23
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 8 (c) −16 (d) 16
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  38. 38.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 42
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 21

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. −3
  3. 25
  4. 0
  5. −6
  6. −4
  7. 8
  8. 5
  9. 21
  10. 20
  11. 39
  12. −6
  13. 21
  14. −36
  15. −3
  16. −3
  17. 4
  18. 2
  19. −13
  20. 1
  21. −10
  22. 10
  23. −9
  24. 11
  25. −14
  26. 8
  27. 19
  28. −9
  29. 8
  30. 38
  31. 45
  32. 16
  33. −11
  34. −12
  35. −23
  36. 16
  37. 9
  38. −16
  39. 17
  40. 7

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