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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 666 · 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 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 8
  2. 2.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 6 (d) −4
  3. 3.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 65 (c) 25 (d) −25
  4. 4.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 64
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  6. 6.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) −31
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) −6
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 4
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) −2 (d) 20
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 5
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 14
  12. 12.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 52
  13. 13.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 55 (c) −31 (d) −41
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −1
  16. 16.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 7 (d) −5
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) 14
  18. 18.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  19. 19.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 16
  20. 20.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 27
  22. 22.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) −16
  24. 24.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) −2
  27. 27.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 4 (d) −10
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 6 (c) 15 (d) 5
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 21
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 11 (c) 45 (d) −35
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) −10 (d) 10
  34. 34.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 99 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) 21
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 45 (c) −45 (d) 55
  37. 37.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 83 (c) −5 (d) 5
  38. 38.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 91 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  39. 39.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 81 (c) −7 (d) 7
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. −14
  3. −25
  4. 2
  5. −7
  6. −41
  7. 6
  8. 4
  9. 20
  10. 13
  11. 30
  12. −4
  13. −41
  14. −17
  15. 1
  16. −5
  17. 14
  18. 6
  19. −2
  20. 5
  21. 5
  22. 19
  23. 16
  24. −3
  25. −5
  26. −2
  27. −10
  28. 5
  29. −4
  30. −1
  31. 21
  32. 35
  33. −10
  34. −21
  35. 16
  36. 45
  37. −5
  38. −15
  39. −7
  40. 13

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