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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 582 · 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 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) −4
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −6 (d) −18
  3. 3.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 8
  5. 5.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 85 (c) 1 (d) −9
  6. 6.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 68 (c) 34 (d) −34
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 13
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  10. 10.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) −3
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 2
  12. 12.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) −10
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −8 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 18
  14. 14.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −26 (c) 50 (d) 26
  15. 15.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 11
  16. 16.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  17. 17.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) −15
  18. 18.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 2
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) 0
  20. 20.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  21. 21.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 39 (d) 11
  22. 22.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) −2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 77 (c) 3 (d) −3
  24. 24.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) −4
  25. 25.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) −8
  26. 26.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −30 (c) 78 (d) 30
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 21 (c) −15 (d) 25
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  30. 30.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 70 (d) 10
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 44 (c) 14 (d) −34
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) −10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 14 (c) 36 (d) 26
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 20 (d) 28
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 34
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 14
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −12
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 15 (c) −31 (d) 41
  40. 40.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 60 (c) −6 (d) 16

Answer key

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

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