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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 7 · 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 −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 27
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 23
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −44 (c) 44 (d) 54
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) 19 (d) −39
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  7. 7.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 12
  8. 8.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) 7
  9. 9.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 62 (d) −8
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 22
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  12. 12.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 7
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) −2 (d) 8
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) 4
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 29 (d) 11
  18. 18.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) −10
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  20. 20.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 78
  21. 21.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 2
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 28 (d) 46
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 17
  24. 24.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) −53 (c) 67 (d) 53
  25. 25.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 31
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 17
  28. 28.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 13 (d) 5
  29. 29.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) 10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 56 (c) 32 (d) −22
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 13 (d) −35
  33. 33.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 18
  34. 34.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 1
  35. 35.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −16
  36. 36.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 52 (c) 34 (d) 24
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) −18
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 8
  40. 40.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 77 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. 1
  3. 20
  4. 44
  5. 39
  6. −7
  7. 2
  8. −7
  9. −18
  10. 12
  11. 8
  12. −8
  13. 21
  14. −2
  15. −3
  16. 4
  17. 11
  18. −10
  19. −4
  20. −32
  21. 2
  22. 36
  23. −13
  24. −53
  25. −12
  26. 21
  27. −1
  28. −5
  29. −12
  30. 0
  31. 22
  32. 35
  33. −2
  34. 1
  35. −16
  36. 24
  37. −18
  38. 1
  39. 8
  40. −15

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