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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 575 · 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 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 18 (c) 38 (d) 28
  4. 4.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  5. 5.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 77
  6. 6.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  7. 7.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −6
  8. 8.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 30
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 27 (c) 11 (d) −11
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) 2
  14. 14.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) 52
  15. 15.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 9
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −9
  18. 18.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 23 (d) 7
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 11
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) 7
  22. 22.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 69 (d) −29
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 9
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  26. 26.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) −6 (d) 6
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 1 (c) −17 (d) 17
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) 18
  30. 30.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 39 (c) −15 (d) 15
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) −2
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  34. 34.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 4
  35. 35.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 9
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) −4
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 31
  38. 38.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  39. 39.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) −7
  40. 40.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −39 (c) −49 (d) 49

Answer key

  1. −5
  2. 0
  3. 28
  4. −14
  5. −35
  6. 4
  7. −6
  8. 23
  9. 8
  10. 8
  11. 15
  12. 11
  13. 2
  14. 26
  15. −2
  16. 9
  17. 9
  18. −3
  19. 9
  20. 15
  21. −3
  22. −39
  23. 5
  24. 17
  25. −4
  26. −11
  27. 6
  28. 17
  29. 18
  30. −15
  31. 2
  32. 3
  33. 34
  34. −10
  35. −15
  36. −5
  37. 21
  38. −12
  39. 7
  40. −49

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