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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 55 · 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) 2 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 8
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 4
  4. 4.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 1
  6. 6.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) 21 (d) −21
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −15 (d) −5
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) −25
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) −20 (d) 30
  11. 11.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 89 (c) −27 (d) 27
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −8
  13. 13.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 3 (d) 1
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) −4 (d) 14
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 11 (c) −7 (d) 17
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 28 (d) −18
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  19. 19.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 10
  20. 20.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 1 (c) 35 (d) 25
  22. 22.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 46 (c) −8 (d) −18
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 2
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 1
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) −2 (d) 22
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 29
  30. 30.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) −5
  31. 31.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 24
  32. 32.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 13
  34. 34.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 10
  35. 35.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 83 (c) 27 (d) −27
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −23
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 19
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) −2 (d) 20
  40. 40.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

Answer key

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

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