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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 644 · 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 −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  2. 2.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 6
  3. 3.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 18
  4. 4.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −22 (c) 34 (d) 22
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 11 (c) 37 (d) 27
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 12
  7. 7.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 48 (c) −48 (d) −38
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 20
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 30 (d) 36
  10. 10.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 10
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) −7
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 16 (c) 36 (d) 26
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  17. 17.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 24
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −13
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) −10
  21. 21.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 51 (c) 39 (d) −29
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  23. 23.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 3 (d) 11
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 13
  25. 25.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 27
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) −40 (c) 22 (d) 40
  28. 28.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 73
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 28 (c) 22 (d) 12
  30. 30.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 29
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 0 (d) 22
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 24 (d) 38
  35. 35.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 53
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 26
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 18
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  40. 40.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 41 (d) −17

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. −12
  3. 4
  4. −22
  5. 27
  6. 28
  7. −48
  8. −2
  9. 36
  10. 0
  11. 10
  12. 4
  13. 7
  14. −13
  15. 26
  16. −5
  17. −6
  18. −3
  19. −13
  20. −10
  21. 29
  22. −6
  23. −11
  24. −5
  25. −3
  26. 17
  27. 40
  28. −33
  29. 12
  30. 17
  31. 10
  32. 9
  33. 12
  34. 28
  35. −7
  36. 12
  37. 18
  38. 2
  39. −1
  40. 17

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