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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 670 · 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 −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 27 (d) 21
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −2
  4. 4.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 24 (d) 10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 7 (c) 31 (d) −21
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 18
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 18 (d) 36
  9. 9.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) −41 (d) 69
  10. 10.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 38 (c) 8 (d) −2
  11. 11.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −3 (d) 3
  12. 12.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −3
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 8 (d) 32
  16. 16.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 75 (d) −9
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 57
  19. 19.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 76
  20. 20.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  22. 22.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 69 (d) −13
  23. 23.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 12 (d) 10
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 5 (c) −19 (d) 19
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 7
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) −1
  29. 29.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 13
  30. 30.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 58 (c) −36 (d) 36
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  33. 33.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 85
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) −28 (d) 38
  35. 35.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 23 (c) −7 (d) 3
  36. 36.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  37. 37.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 56 (c) 6 (d) 16
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  39. 39.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  40. 40.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3

Answer key

  1. 11
  2. 2
  3. −2
  4. 0
  5. 21
  6. 4
  7. −3
  8. 36
  9. −41
  10. −2
  11. 3
  12. −3
  13. 15
  14. 5
  15. 32
  16. −9
  17. −15
  18. 3
  19. −2
  20. −3
  21. −9
  22. −23
  23. 0
  24. 19
  25. 3
  26. 9
  27. −7
  28. −1
  29. 3
  30. −36
  31. −16
  32. 16
  33. −21
  34. 28
  35. −7
  36. −8
  37. 6
  38. 5
  39. −13
  40. −3

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