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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 706 · 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 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 18
  2. 2.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 15
  3. 3.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  5. 5.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 31 (d) −21
  7. 7.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 59 (c) 31 (d) −21
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) 11
  9. 9.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 74
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) −15
  11. 11.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  12. 12.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −23 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  13. 13.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 2
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 3
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  17. 17.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 63 (c) −13 (d) 23
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) −8
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  22. 22.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) −4
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 21
  24. 24.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 8
  27. 27.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 73 (d) −17
  28. 28.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 48 (d) 2
  29. 29.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −3
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  31. 31.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 37 (c) 21 (d) −21
  32. 32.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 42 (c) 18 (d) 8
  33. 33.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 17
  34. 34.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 61 (c) 19 (d) −19
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −4
  36. 36.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 7
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 16 (d) 2

Answer key

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

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