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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 709 · 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 −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 22
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 10
  3. 3.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 83
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −4
  5. 5.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  6. 6.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) −32
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 19
  9. 9.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  10. 10.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 86 (d) −6
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 24
  12. 12.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  13. 13.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 59 (d) 19
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −3
  15. 15.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −1
  17. 17.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) −16 (c) 90 (d) 26
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 1
  19. 19.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 50
  20. 20.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) −3
  21. 21.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −5
  22. 22.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) 11
  23. 23.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 23
  24. 24.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 54 (c) −38 (d) −28
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  27. 27.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 13 (d) 1
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −6
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 21 (c) −13 (d) 13
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 4 (d) 28
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 31
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 49 (c) −31 (d) −21
  35. 35.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 11
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  37. 37.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 55
  38. 38.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  39. 39.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 70 (d) −6
  40. 40.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 94 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 20

Answer key

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

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