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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 534 · 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 −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 11
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  3. 3.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  4. 4.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 5 (c) −3 (d) 13
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 19 (c) 33 (d) 23
  6. 6.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 61
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −2
  8. 8.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 66 (c) −42 (d) −52
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 2
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 20 (c) −8 (d) 8
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) 15
  13. 13.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 77 (c) −29 (d) 29
  14. 14.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 12
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 22
  16. 16.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 50 (c) 20 (d) −10
  17. 17.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 26
  19. 19.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 8
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 15
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 14 (c) −38 (d) 38
  22. 22.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 18
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 6
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 22
  26. 26.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 64
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 12
  28. 28.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −25
  29. 29.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 45 (c) −7 (d) 17
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 22
  31. 31.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −27 (c) −17 (d) 27
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) −39
  33. 33.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −6 (d) 4
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) −3
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  36. 36.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 55
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  38. 38.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  39. 39.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 17
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −8

Answer key

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

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