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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 645 · 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 −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 27
  2. 2.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 79
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) 11
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 10
  5. 5.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −41 (c) −31 (d) 41
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  7. 7.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 45 (d) −1
  8. 8.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −1 (d) −11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 12
  10. 10.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 13
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 4
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  13. 13.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  14. 14.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 55 (c) 25 (d) −15
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  16. 16.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) −5 (d) 15
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) −23
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −14
  19. 19.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) −10
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  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) 17 (c) −21 (d) 31
  22. 22.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 93 (c) −3 (d) 13
  23. 23.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 16
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  26. 26.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) −30
  27. 27.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) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 8
  30. 30.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) 51
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) −21
  33. 33.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) 21
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  36. 36.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 22
  37. 37.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 43 (c) −27 (d) −17
  38. 38.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) 17
  39. 39.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) −22
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) −27

Answer key

  1. 3
  2. −29
  3. 1
  4. 0
  5. −41
  6. 0
  7. −1
  8. −11
  9. 12
  10. −1
  11. 16
  12. 1
  13. −1
  14. 15
  15. 9
  16. 5
  17. 23
  18. −14
  19. 0
  20. 4
  21. 21
  22. −13
  23. −11
  24. 14
  25. 5
  26. −30
  27. 9
  28. 5
  29. 10
  30. 18
  31. 41
  32. 21
  33. −11
  34. 29
  35. −16
  36. 2
  37. −27
  38. 7
  39. −32
  40. 27

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