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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 651 · 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 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 28
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) −9
  3. 3.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  4. 4.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 72 (c) −20 (d) −10
  5. 5.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) −49 (c) 49 (d) 67
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 21
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −15
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 21 (c) 53 (d) 43
  9. 9.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) −9
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) −3
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  12. 12.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 0 (c) 28 (d) 18
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) −1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 13 (d) 11
  18. 18.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 10
  19. 19.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 36 (c) 0 (d) −10
  20. 20.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 35 (c) −13 (d) 13
  21. 21.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 74 (c) −18 (d) −28
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 10
  23. 23.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −1 (c) −7 (d) 7
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  25. 25.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 37 (d) 3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  27. 27.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 56 (c) −8 (d) −18
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 13 (c) −21 (d) 31
  29. 29.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 88 (c) 0 (d) 10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 24
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 10
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 16
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 15
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 13 (d) 1
  38. 38.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  39. 39.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 15
  40. 40.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 55 (c) 7 (d) 3

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. −9
  3. −12
  4. −20
  5. −49
  6. 5
  7. −15
  8. 43
  9. −9
  10. 17
  11. −16
  12. −10
  13. 18
  14. −11
  15. −12
  16. 4
  17. 11
  18. −20
  19. 0
  20. −13
  21. −28
  22. 4
  23. −7
  24. 6
  25. 3
  26. −7
  27. −18
  28. 21
  29. −10
  30. 30
  31. 0
  32. 3
  33. 9
  34. 4
  35. 13
  36. 2
  37. 1
  38. 0
  39. 7
  40. −7

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