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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 717 · 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 −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 14
  2. 2.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  3. 3.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 52 (c) 24 (d) 14
  4. 4.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 55
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 2
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 19 (d) −35
  7. 7.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −27
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) 14
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −1
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 18
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) 45
  14. 14.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 57 (c) 23 (d) −47
  17. 17.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 60 (c) −14 (d) −4
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) 36
  19. 19.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 18
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) −7
  21. 21.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 74
  22. 22.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 23
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 24 (d) 18
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) −20
  25. 25.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −10
  26. 26.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 15
  29. 29.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 53 (c) 13 (d) −13
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) −28
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  32. 32.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 21 (d) 15
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −45 (c) −35 (d) 61
  37. 37.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 48 (c) −12 (d) −2
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 15 (c) 27 (d) 17
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) −5
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 10 (c) 30 (d) 40

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. 14
  3. 14
  4. −33
  5. 2
  6. 35
  7. −16
  8. 27
  9. 16
  10. −14
  11. −1
  12. 26
  13. 35
  14. −9
  15. −6
  16. 47
  17. −14
  18. 26
  19. −4
  20. −7
  21. −16
  22. −9
  23. 8
  24. 20
  25. −10
  26. −10
  27. 11
  28. −9
  29. −13
  30. 28
  31. 4
  32. −2
  33. 5
  34. 12
  35. −5
  36. −45
  37. −12
  38. 17
  39. 5
  40. 30

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