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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 621 · 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.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) −13
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 19 (c) −25 (d) 25
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) −22 (d) 32
  6. 6.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 2 (d) 18
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 20 (c) 42 (d) −32
  9. 9.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 56 (c) −24 (d) −34
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  11. 11.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 81 (c) −19 (d) 29
  12. 12.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 50
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 31 (c) −7 (d) 17
  14. 14.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 53 (d) 33
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) −18
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) 36
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  21. 21.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  22. 22.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 91 (d) −27
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 44 (c) 54 (d) −44
  24. 24.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 24 (c) 6 (d) 4
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 18 (c) −42 (d) 52
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 21 (d) 5
  27. 27.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 88 (d) −20
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 4
  29. 29.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 43 (d) 11
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 4
  31. 31.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −1
  33. 33.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) −28
  34. 34.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) −3
  36. 36.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 46 (c) 6 (d) −6
  37. 37.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) −32
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 9

Answer key

  1. −5
  2. −13
  3. 25
  4. 18
  5. 22
  6. 2
  7. 18
  8. 32
  9. −34
  10. −13
  11. −29
  12. −34
  13. 7
  14. 23
  15. −10
  16. 18
  17. 7
  18. 36
  19. 10
  20. 16
  21. −11
  22. −27
  23. 44
  24. −6
  25. 42
  26. 5
  27. −20
  28. 4
  29. 11
  30. 8
  31. 3
  32. 19
  33. −38
  34. −6
  35. 3
  36. 6
  37. −8
  38. 12
  39. 32
  40. 7

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