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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 581 · 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 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  3. 3.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 87 (d) 3
  4. 4.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  5. 5.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) −40
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 26
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) 13
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 12
  9. 9.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) 18
  11. 11.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −22 (c) 54 (d) 32
  12. 12.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) −13
  14. 14.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 8
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) −12
  16. 16.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 14
  18. 18.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 68 (d) 0
  19. 19.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 50 (c) −8 (d) 18
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 10 (d) 16
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 19
  25. 25.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  27. 27.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  28. 28.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 70
  29. 29.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 47
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 18
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 21
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 18
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  34. 34.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 61 (d) 9
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 14
  36. 36.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 41 (c) 7 (d) −3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 18 (d) 10
  39. 39.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 64 (c) 30 (d) −20
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −8

Answer key

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

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