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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 671 · 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 −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  3. 3.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) −13
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  6. 6.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  7. 7.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 61
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 15
  10. 10.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 17
  11. 11.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) −3
  12. 12.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 59 (c) −21 (d) 31
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 59 (c) −41 (d) −31
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) −5
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 7
  17. 17.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 22
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  19. 19.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  20. 20.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  23. 23.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 51 (c) −7 (d) 17
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −1 (d) −23
  25. 25.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 63 (c) −15 (d) 15
  26. 26.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) −40
  27. 27.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −50 (b) −40 (c) 68 (d) 50
  28. 28.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 13
  30. 30.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 61 (c) 7 (d) −7
  31. 31.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) −42 (c) 72 (d) −32
  32. 32.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 38 (d) −14
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) 15 (d) −5
  34. 34.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 24 (d) 4
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 15
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 26 (d) 28
  37. 37.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 16
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) 12
  39. 39.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) 13 (c) 27 (d) 17
  40. 40.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 36 (c) −18 (d) 18

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. −3
  3. −13
  4. 15
  5. −6
  6. 1
  7. 19
  8. −5
  9. 5
  10. 1
  11. −13
  12. −31
  13. 1
  14. −41
  15. −5
  16. 7
  17. 2
  18. 3
  19. −4
  20. −1
  21. 11
  22. −3
  23. −17
  24. 23
  25. 15
  26. −40
  27. −50
  28. −16
  29. 3
  30. −7
  31. −42
  32. −24
  33. 5
  34. −6
  35. 33
  36. 28
  37. −16
  38. 2
  39. 17
  40. −18

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