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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 713 · 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 −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −2
  2. 2.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 23
  3. 3.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) 3
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 22 (d) −10
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 46 (c) −46 (d) 56
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 28 (d) 30
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 33 (c) −37 (d) 37
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 23 (d) 9
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  12. 12.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) −7 (d) 7
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) −7
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 4 (c) −26 (d) 26
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 19 (d) 7
  19. 19.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 63
  20. 20.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 80
  21. 21.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) −2
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) −9
  23. 23.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) 7
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 18 (c) −10 (d) 10
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −10
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 24 (c) 42 (d) −32
  27. 27.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) 6
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 28
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 30 (c) −10 (d) 20
  30. 30.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  31. 31.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 43
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) 8
  34. 34.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) −4
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) 36
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 3
  37. 37.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  39. 39.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. −23
  3. −7
  4. 0
  5. 1
  6. 46
  7. 30
  8. 37
  9. 9
  10. 6
  11. −6
  12. −12
  13. 7
  14. −13
  15. −9
  16. −7
  17. 26
  18. 7
  19. −3
  20. −26
  21. 2
  22. −9
  23. −3
  24. 10
  25. 0
  26. 32
  27. −4
  28. 10
  29. 10
  30. −20
  31. −9
  32. −5
  33. 24
  34. 4
  35. 36
  36. 3
  37. 8
  38. 17
  39. 5
  40. 26

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