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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 70 · 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 −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 25
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) −1 (d) 1
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 30 (c) −38 (d) 38
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  5. 5.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 45 (c) −27 (d) 27
  6. 6.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 24
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 26 (d) 6
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  11. 11.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) −14
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 7
  13. 13.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) −33 (c) 61 (d) 43
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 9
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 54 (c) 24 (d) 44
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −9
  17. 17.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 17
  18. 18.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 9
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) 22
  21. 21.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  23. 23.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  24. 24.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 38
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 8
  26. 26.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) 26 (c) 16 (d) 14
  27. 27.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 32 (d) −14
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 31
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) 3 (d) −19
  30. 30.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  31. 31.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  32. 32.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 18
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −4
  34. 34.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) −1
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  36. 36.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) 3 (d) −7
  37. 37.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) −3
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) −17
  39. 39.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 59
  40. 40.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 21 (c) −15 (d) −5

Answer key

  1. 9
  2. 1
  3. 38
  4. 6
  5. −27
  6. −10
  7. −13
  8. 6
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. −24
  12. −3
  13. −43
  14. 9
  15. 44
  16. −9
  17. 3
  18. −15
  19. −1
  20. 26
  21. −16
  22. 1
  23. 16
  24. −2
  25. −2
  26. 16
  27. −14
  28. 33
  29. 19
  30. −12
  31. 0
  32. 8
  33. 4
  34. 1
  35. 8
  36. −7
  37. −3
  38. 17
  39. −9
  40. −5

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