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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 810 · 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 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  2. 2.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 41
  3. 3.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 21
  4. 4.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −5
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  7. 7.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) 30 (d) 2
  8. 8.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  10. 10.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) 3 (d) −21
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  14. 14.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 86 (c) −10 (d) 10
  15. 15.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 22 (c) −4 (d) 6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 35
  17. 17.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 10
  18. 18.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) −4
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 2
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 20 (c) −12 (d) 12
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 15
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) −13
  23. 23.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 7
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 31 (c) −33 (d) 33
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −18
  26. 26.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 42 (c) 4 (d) −4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) −18 (d) 18
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) −14
  30. 30.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) 7
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 13
  32. 32.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) −46 (c) 46 (d) 70
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 4
  35. 35.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 6 (d) 26
  37. 37.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) −1 (d) 7
  38. 38.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 86 (c) 30 (d) −30
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. −21
  3. 15
  4. −15
  5. −3
  6. 3
  7. 20
  8. 10
  9. 4
  10. −14
  11. 25
  12. 21
  13. 14
  14. −10
  15. −4
  16. 35
  17. −18
  18. −4
  19. 2
  20. 12
  21. −5
  22. −3
  23. 7
  24. 33
  25. 18
  26. −4
  27. 0
  28. 18
  29. −14
  30. −3
  31. 3
  32. −46
  33. 8
  34. 2
  35. −2
  36. 26
  37. −7
  38. −30
  39. 16
  40. 26

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