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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 564 · 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 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  2. 2.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) −7
  3. 3.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 63 (c) 27 (d) −17
  4. 4.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 24
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 6 (d) −12
  6. 6.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) −10 (d) 0
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 6
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 18
  9. 9.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 36
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 7 (c) 33 (d) 23
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 37
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −47 (b) 47 (c) 23 (d) 57
  14. 14.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 16
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 9 (c) −31 (d) 31
  16. 16.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 31
  17. 17.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 74 (c) −36 (d) −46
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  20. 20.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 17
  21. 21.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) −17
  23. 23.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 62 (c) 36 (d) −36
  24. 24.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  25. 25.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −23 (c) −33 (d) 33
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 23 (c) −41 (d) 51
  27. 27.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 54 (c) −10 (d) −20
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 6
  29. 29.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 17
  30. 30.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) −10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 87 (d) −19
  32. 32.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 31
  33. 33.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 35
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  35. 35.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) −29
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  37. 37.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) 7
  38. 38.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 37 (c) −5 (d) 15
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) 20 (d) −32
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 9

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. 7
  3. 17
  4. −6
  5. −12
  6. 0
  7. −10
  8. −6
  9. 12
  10. 23
  11. 37
  12. 13
  13. 47
  14. 0
  15. 31
  16. −19
  17. −4
  18. −46
  19. 8
  20. −13
  21. 13
  22. 17
  23. −36
  24. −1
  25. −33
  26. 41
  27. −20
  28. −4
  29. −3
  30. −20
  31. −19
  32. 1
  33. −9
  34. 2
  35. −39
  36. −13
  37. −7
  38. −15
  39. 32
  40. 21

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