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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 597 · 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 −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 18
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  3. 3.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 17
  4. 4.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  6. 6.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 64
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  8. 8.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  9. 9.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  10. 10.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 34
  11. 11.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −50 (c) −40 (d) 50
  12. 12.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 5
  13. 13.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 64 (c) −8 (d) 8
  14. 14.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 31
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 31
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  19. 19.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 99 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 19
  20. 20.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 83
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 17
  22. 22.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 83
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) −4
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  26. 26.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  28. 28.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 39 (d) 29
  29. 29.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 39 (d) 15
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  31. 31.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 5
  33. 33.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 9
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) 30
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 26
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) 35
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 6 (d) 24
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. −2
  3. −11
  4. 4
  5. −4
  6. −8
  7. 3
  8. −7
  9. −6
  10. −12
  11. −50
  12. −9
  13. 8
  14. −31
  15. 9
  16. 6
  17. 0
  18. 12
  19. −19
  20. −19
  21. 21
  22. −11
  23. −4
  24. −1
  25. 0
  26. −9
  27. 16
  28. 19
  29. 15
  30. 7
  31. −2
  32. 1
  33. −7
  34. 20
  35. 12
  36. 25
  37. 10
  38. 4
  39. 14
  40. 8

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