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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 57 · 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 −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 21
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  3. 3.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −11
  4. 4.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 92 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) −22
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 12
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 5
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 29 (c) −41 (d) 41
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) −4
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 15
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 12 (c) 36 (d) 26
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 4
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 23
  14. 14.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 65 (d) −37
  15. 15.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 49
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  17. 17.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 31
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 16
  19. 19.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  20. 20.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 90
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  22. 22.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 25
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22
  24. 24.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 23 (c) 37 (d) −37
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) 15
  27. 27.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 77 (c) 43 (d) −43
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 12
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) −8
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 25 (d) 39
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) 26
  32. 32.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −10
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 25
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 4
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) −4
  36. 36.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  37. 37.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 94
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −10
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 24
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 6 (d) 40

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. 38
  3. −11
  4. −22
  5. 10
  6. 5
  7. 41
  8. −4
  9. −7
  10. 26
  11. 9
  12. 4
  13. 9
  14. −37
  15. −3
  16. 0
  17. −17
  18. 8
  19. −8
  20. −14
  21. −5
  22. −5
  23. 22
  24. −17
  25. 37
  26. 15
  27. −43
  28. −16
  29. −8
  30. 39
  31. 32
  32. −10
  33. 3
  34. 14
  35. 20
  36. −3
  37. −14
  38. 0
  39. 8
  40. 30

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