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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 714 · 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 −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 26 (d) 14
  3. 3.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) 10
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 16
  7. 7.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) 1
  8. 8.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 57 (d) 7
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  10. 10.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 80
  11. 11.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 18
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  13. 13.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) −24 (d) 34
  14. 14.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 59 (d) −13
  15. 15.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 41 (c) −3 (d) 7
  16. 16.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  17. 17.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) 11
  18. 18.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 9 (c) −5 (d) 15
  19. 19.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 1
  20. 20.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 45 (c) −11 (d) −21
  21. 21.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −10
  22. 22.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 55
  23. 23.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 38
  24. 24.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 56 (d) −18
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 5
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) −14
  27. 27.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 57
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 22
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) 4
  30. 30.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 27 (c) 1 (d) 9
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 18
  32. 32.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 42 (c) 2 (d) 12
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 25
  34. 34.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 11
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −2
  36. 36.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −17 (d) −7
  38. 38.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 12
  39. 39.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) 51 (d) −17
  40. 40.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) −29 (d) 73

Answer key

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

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