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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 646 · 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 −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  3. 3.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 16 (c) 0 (d) 10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −46 (c) 56 (d) 24
  6. 6.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −49 (c) 69 (d) −39
  7. 7.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 8
  8. 8.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 80
  9. 9.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 83 (c) 21 (d) −11
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) −6
  11. 11.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 74 (d) −10
  12. 12.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) 22 (c) 4 (d) 32
  13. 13.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −6
  14. 14.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 20 (d) 6
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −45 (b) 45 (c) 23 (d) 55
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 24
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) −45 (c) 25 (d) 45
  18. 18.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 56 (d) −26
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −14
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 24
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 22
  22. 22.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 18
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −4
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 23
  25. 25.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 54 (c) −36 (d) −26
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 31
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) 42 (d) −32
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 10 (d) −18
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 3 (d) 19
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  32. 32.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 25 (d) −3
  33. 33.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 44 (c) −14 (d) −4
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) −37
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 7
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 26
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 17
  38. 38.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) −47 (c) 47 (d) 67
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  40. 40.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 27

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. −4
  3. −3
  4. 0
  5. 46
  6. −49
  7. −6
  8. −26
  9. −21
  10. 6
  11. −20
  12. 22
  13. −6
  14. −6
  15. 45
  16. 8
  17. 45
  18. −26
  19. 14
  20. 24
  21. 4
  22. 2
  23. 18
  24. −1
  25. −36
  26. 35
  27. 32
  28. −1
  29. −18
  30. 9
  31. −7
  32. −3
  33. −14
  34. 37
  35. 11
  36. 26
  37. 7
  38. −47
  39. 28
  40. −27

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