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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 568 · 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) 10 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  2. 2.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 47 (c) −13 (d) 23
  3. 3.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) −18
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −1 (c) −19 (d) 19
  5. 5.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 85 (d) −25
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 7
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 24
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −12 (d) 22
  9. 9.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 83 (c) −37 (d) −27
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 19 (c) 23 (d) −23
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) −40 (d) 20
  16. 16.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) −9
  18. 18.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −18 (c) −28 (d) 28
  19. 19.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) 50
  21. 21.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  22. 22.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  23. 23.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) 11
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) 21
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 24
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) −40 (c) 16 (d) 40
  28. 28.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 87 (c) −3 (d) −13
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  30. 30.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 62 (c) 38 (d) −28
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 49
  32. 32.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) −15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 16
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 19
  36. 36.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 47 (c) 21 (d) −11
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −8
  38. 38.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 38 (c) −2 (d) −12
  39. 39.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 54
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) −3

Answer key

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

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