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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 557 · 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) 29 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  6. 6.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 61 (d) 19
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −19
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 8
  13. 13.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  14. 14.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −16 (d) −6
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 30 (d) 36
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −1
  17. 17.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 54 (c) −16 (d) −26
  18. 18.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  19. 19.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  20. 20.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 63
  21. 21.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 84
  22. 22.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  23. 23.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 18
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 31 (c) 7 (d) −7
  26. 26.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −41 (c) −31 (d) 65
  27. 27.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 0
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 11 (d) 21
  29. 29.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 18
  30. 30.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 8
  31. 31.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  32. 32.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  33. 33.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 32 (c) −14 (d) −4
  35. 35.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 37 (c) −9 (d) 19
  36. 36.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 79
  37. 37.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 0 (d) 8
  38. 38.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 48 (c) 28 (d) 38
  39. 39.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −13 (d) −3
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −8 (d) −18

Answer key

  1. 9
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. −4
  5. 13
  6. 19
  7. 10
  8. −5
  9. 7
  10. −11
  11. 19
  12. 0
  13. 10
  14. −16
  15. 36
  16. −1
  17. −26
  18. −9
  19. 9
  20. −3
  21. −28
  22. 7
  23. 6
  24. 20
  25. 7
  26. −41
  27. 0
  28. 21
  29. −8
  30. −12
  31. −6
  32. −15
  33. 15
  34. −14
  35. −19
  36. −15
  37. −8
  38. 28
  39. −13
  40. −18

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