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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 662 · 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 −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −45 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 63
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 24 (d) 34
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 34
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 13
  7. 7.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) 2
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 2
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  10. 10.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −1
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 6
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) −1
  14. 14.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 8 (d) 40
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) −14
  18. 18.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) 8
  19. 19.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 31
  20. 20.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 36 (c) 20 (d) −10
  21. 21.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 89 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) −17
  22. 22.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 86 (c) 28 (d) −18
  23. 23.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 33
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 3
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) −8
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 8 (c) 34 (d) 24
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 24
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 6
  32. 32.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 30 (c) −10 (d) 0
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −1
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) −13 (d) 13
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 15 (d) 31
  37. 37.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  38. 38.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  39. 39.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 34 (d) 10
  40. 40.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 54

Answer key

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

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