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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 696 · 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) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 15
  2. 2.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −2
  3. 3.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 30
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 45 (c) 55 (d) −45
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) 15 (d) −37
  6. 6.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 85 (d) −7
  7. 7.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 15
  8. 8.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 5 (c) 29 (d) 19
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) 2
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 16 (d) 10
  12. 12.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 19
  13. 13.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) −12
  14. 14.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) −7
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 24
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 45
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 28
  18. 18.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 71
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −8
  21. 21.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) −22
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) −36
  23. 23.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 79 (d) −39
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  25. 25.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 30 (d) 4
  26. 26.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 43
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 24 (d) 18
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 13 (d) −29
  29. 29.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 10 (c) −6 (d) 16
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −9
  31. 31.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) −21
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 3
  33. 33.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 14
  34. 34.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 56 (c) 24 (d) 34
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 23 (d) 9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 23 (d) 25
  40. 40.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −7

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −2
  3. 10
  4. 45
  5. 37
  6. −17
  7. −7
  8. 4
  9. 19
  10. −2
  11. 10
  12. −19
  13. −22
  14. 7
  15. 6
  16. 35
  17. 18
  18. 9
  19. −6
  20. −8
  21. −32
  22. 36
  23. −39
  24. 3
  25. −6
  26. −23
  27. 8
  28. 29
  29. −16
  30. 9
  31. −31
  32. 17
  33. 4
  34. 24
  35. 5
  36. 5
  37. −1
  38. −2
  39. 15
  40. −17

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