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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 676 · 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 −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  2. 2.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 77 (d) 27
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) −16
  6. 6.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) 15
  8. 8.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  9. 9.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 84 (d) −32
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) −37
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 19 (c) 45 (d) 35
  13. 13.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 58 (d) −6
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −5
  15. 15.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 68
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 45
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  20. 20.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 56 (c) −26 (d) −36
  21. 21.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) 10
  22. 22.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 29
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 10 (d) 44
  24. 24.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 54
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 25
  27. 27.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 54 (d) −44
  28. 28.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 37 (d) −9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) −5
  30. 30.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) 9 (d) 75
  31. 31.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 36
  32. 32.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  33. 33.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −3
  34. 34.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) −19 (c) −29 (d) 29
  35. 35.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  36. 36.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 82
  37. 37.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) −42
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) −7
  39. 39.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −11 (d) −1

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. −27
  3. 24
  4. 10
  5. 16
  6. −1
  7. −15
  8. −4
  9. −32
  10. 37
  11. 22
  12. 35
  13. −6
  14. −5
  15. −16
  16. 17
  17. −35
  18. 15
  19. 8
  20. −36
  21. 10
  22. −29
  23. 34
  24. −40
  25. −9
  26. 25
  27. −44
  28. −19
  29. 5
  30. −9
  31. 8
  32. 0
  33. −13
  34. −29
  35. 14
  36. −32
  37. −42
  38. 7
  39. 1
  40. −11

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