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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 746 · 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 −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 8
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) 23
  4. 4.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  5. 5.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −7
  6. 6.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) 34 (c) 20 (d) 24
  7. 7.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 59
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 4
  11. 11.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) −27 (d) 81
  12. 12.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 51 (d) 13
  13. 13.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 24 (d) 2
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) 19
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 1
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  18. 18.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 43
  19. 19.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 15
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −7
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 9
  22. 22.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) −27
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −34
  24. 24.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  25. 25.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) 28 (d) 18
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 14
  27. 27.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) −37
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −8
  29. 29.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −2
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  32. 32.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  33. 33.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 28 (d) −2
  34. 34.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −1
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 22 (c) 44 (d) 34
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 25 (d) 7
  39. 39.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  40. 40.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 45

Answer key

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

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