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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 724 · 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 −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) −1
  2. 2.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 29 (d) 7
  4. 4.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) 16 (d) −16
  6. 6.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 62
  7. 7.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 60 (c) −24 (d) −34
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 16
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 24
  10. 10.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 50 (d) −8
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 20
  12. 12.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) 33 (d) 23
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 28 (d) 16
  14. 14.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 16
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) −9
  16. 16.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 71 (d) −3
  17. 17.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 7
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 17 (d) 11
  21. 21.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −4
  22. 22.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 30 (d) 20
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 9 (d) 33
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 10 (d) 28
  25. 25.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 90 (c) −24 (d) −14
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) −10
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −45 (b) 45 (c) 23 (d) 55
  28. 28.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 24 (c) 10 (d) −10
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 16 (d) 20
  30. 30.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) −29
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) −34
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −5
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 16 (c) −30 (d) 30
  34. 34.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −2
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) −6
  37. 37.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 17 (d) 9
  38. 38.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 87 (c) −7 (d) −17
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 30 (d) 32

Answer key

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

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