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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 550 · 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 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  2. 2.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 38 (d) −6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 29
  4. 4.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 54 (c) 22 (d) −44
  6. 6.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 40
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) −12
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 21
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) 10
  11. 11.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  12. 12.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) −5
  13. 13.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 22 (d) 8
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 21
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 5
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) 26 (d) −32
  17. 17.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 12
  18. 18.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  19. 19.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 23
  20. 20.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −3
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) −36
  22. 22.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 56
  23. 23.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 38 (c) 2 (d) −2
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −1
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 22
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 11 (d) −15
  27. 27.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  28. 28.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 9
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) −20
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 10
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 1
  32. 32.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) 97 (d) 23
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) 4
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 4
  38. 38.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  39. 39.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −13
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4

Answer key

  1. −6
  2. 6
  3. 19
  4. −12
  5. 44
  6. −16
  7. 12
  8. −5
  9. 11
  10. 10
  11. 30
  12. 5
  13. −8
  14. −1
  15. 1
  16. 32
  17. 2
  18. −12
  19. −5
  20. −3
  21. 36
  22. 24
  23. 2
  24. 9
  25. −2
  26. −5
  27. −7
  28. −1
  29. 20
  30. −6
  31. −1
  32. −23
  33. 9
  34. 2
  35. 0
  36. 4
  37. −4
  38. −7
  39. −13
  40. 4

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