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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 78 · 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 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 26 (d) 14
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 21 (d) 3
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) 8 (d) −28
  6. 6.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 73
  7. 7.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 21 (d) 3
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 12 (c) −32 (d) 42
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 3
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 22 (c) 24 (d) 14
  11. 11.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −9
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  13. 13.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 72 (d) −2
  14. 14.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 53 (c) −31 (d) −21
  15. 15.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 21
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 15
  17. 17.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 28 (c) −4 (d) 4
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  20. 20.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) −3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 53 (c) 25 (d) −25
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −23 (d) −13
  24. 24.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 23
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 12
  26. 26.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 54 (c) 20 (d) −20
  27. 27.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) 30
  29. 29.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) −12
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  31. 31.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  32. 32.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 44
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 21 (d) 35
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 13 (c) 41 (d) 31
  35. 35.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −1
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −4 (c) −15 (d) −5
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 14
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 26
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 46

Answer key

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

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