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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 723 · 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 −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  2. 2.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 28 (d) −10
  4. 4.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 80
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 18
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) −17
  7. 7.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 51 (d) −17
  8. 8.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −16
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 42
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 19 (c) 27 (d) 17
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  12. 12.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) 27 (d) −39
  14. 14.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 6
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) 26
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) −23 (d) 33
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −2 (d) −12
  18. 18.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 65 (d) −9
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) 28 (d) −32
  20. 20.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 57 (d) −43
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 5
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 29
  23. 23.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 25
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 28
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  29. 29.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 4
  30. 30.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 14
  31. 31.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) −8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 2
  33. 33.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) −18 (d) 54
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 34
  35. 35.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 51
  36. 36.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  37. 37.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 21 (d) 19
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  39. 39.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −12
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 8 (d) 14

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. −4
  3. 10
  4. −2
  5. 10
  6. 17
  7. −27
  8. −16
  9. 42
  10. 17
  11. −4
  12. 18
  13. 39
  14. 5
  15. 32
  16. 23
  17. −12
  18. 9
  19. 32
  20. −43
  21. 5
  22. 7
  23. 8
  24. 19
  25. 12
  26. 15
  27. 18
  28. 8
  29. 4
  30. 4
  31. −8
  32. −8
  33. −28
  34. 24
  35. −23
  36. 0
  37. 19
  38. −12
  39. −12
  40. −14

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