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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 675 · 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 −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 15
  2. 2.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 8
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d) 30
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 20 (c) −26 (d) 36
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 7
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) −12
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  8. 8.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) −30 (c) 64 (d) 30
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 23
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) −15
  11. 11.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 34 (c) 0 (d) 10
  12. 12.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 62
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 32
  14. 14.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 18
  15. 15.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) −4
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) −8
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 21 (d) −41
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) 6
  19. 19.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) 12
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  22. 22.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 92 (d) 18
  23. 23.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 28 (c) −6 (d) 4
  24. 24.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 2
  25. 25.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 18 (c) −24 (d) 34
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 18 (c) 38 (d) 28
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 18
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) 26
  31. 31.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 30 (c) 4 (d) −6
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) −3
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 10 (d) −10
  34. 34.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 96 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) −22
  35. 35.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) −27 (d) 77
  36. 36.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 23 (c) 15 (d) 25
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) 23 (d) −13
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 13 (d) 15
  39. 39.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −4
  40. 40.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5

Answer key

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

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