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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 667 · 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 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) −4
  2. 2.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  4. 4.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 63 (d) −19
  5. 5.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) 7
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  7. 7.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 66 (c) 10 (d) 20
  8. 8.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 82
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 19
  10. 10.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) −46
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 2 (d) 12
  12. 12.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 87 (c) 11 (d) −11
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 12
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  17. 17.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 14
  18. 18.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 20
  19. 19.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −2
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  24. 24.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −7
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 24 (d) 20
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 8
  27. 27.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 31 (d) 43
  29. 29.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  31. 31.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 47 (c) −5 (d) 15
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −47 (b) 23 (c) 57 (d) 47
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 24 (c) −2 (d) 12
  34. 34.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) −20
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 25 (d) −3
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 9
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 13
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) 17
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0

Answer key

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

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