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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 560 · 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 −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) 11
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) −20 (c) 10 (d) 20
  3. 3.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 91 (c) −29 (d) 29
  4. 4.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 29 (c) −15 (d) −5
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 48 (c) 2 (d) −8
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  11. 11.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 13
  12. 12.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 74 (c) 32 (d) −22
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 2 (d) 28
  14. 14.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 84 (c) 0 (d) 10
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 64 (d) −26
  16. 16.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 33 (c) −9 (d) 19
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 8
  18. 18.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 51 (d) −29
  19. 19.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 60
  20. 20.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) −12 (c) 22 (d) 6
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 29
  23. 23.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 3
  25. 25.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 58 (c) −36 (d) −46
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) 3
  27. 27.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 46 (c) 14 (d) −14
  28. 28.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) −29 (d) 39
  29. 29.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 68 (c) 14 (d) −4
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 19
  31. 31.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 8 (d) 4
  32. 32.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 25 (d) 3
  33. 33.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 35
  36. 36.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −1
  37. 37.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 40 (c) 18 (d) −18
  38. 38.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  39. 39.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 73 (c) −33 (d) −43
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 17 (d) 25

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. −20
  3. −29
  4. −15
  5. 18
  6. 17
  7. −4
  8. −8
  9. −7
  10. −10
  11. −3
  12. −32
  13. 18
  14. −10
  15. −36
  16. 9
  17. 8
  18. −39
  19. 16
  20. 12
  21. 5
  22. 9
  23. −5
  24. 13
  25. −46
  26. 3
  27. −14
  28. −39
  29. −14
  30. 7
  31. −4
  32. −3
  33. −8
  34. 17
  35. 25
  36. −1
  37. 18
  38. −6
  39. −43
  40. 15

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