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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 653 · 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 −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) −10 (d) 20
  3. 3.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  5. 5.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  6. 6.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 82 (c) 12 (d) −12
  7. 7.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 97 (c) −13 (d) −23
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 15
  9. 9.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  10. 10.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) −7
  11. 11.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) −3 (c) 17 (d) −17
  12. 12.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 45
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 15
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) −3 (d) 3
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 1 (c) −13 (d) 13
  16. 16.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 94 (c) −20 (d) 20
  17. 17.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 26 (c) −2 (d) 12
  18. 18.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −28 (c) −38 (d) 38
  19. 19.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 55
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −24 (d) 34
  22. 22.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) −8 (d) 8
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 31 (d) 39
  26. 26.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 16
  27. 27.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 52 (c) −16 (d) 16
  28. 28.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  29. 29.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −36 (c) −46 (d) 46
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 3
  32. 32.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) −7
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 25 (d) 35
  34. 34.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 18
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) −4
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) −6 (d) 16
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) 31
  39. 39.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) 8
  40. 40.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 47 (c) −31 (d) −21

Answer key

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

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