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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 816 · 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 −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) 10
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 53
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 24
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 56 (b) 46 (c) −46 (d) 24
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  9. 9.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) −34
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) 11
  11. 11.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 68
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 10 (d) 32
  13. 13.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 43 (c) −43 (d) −33
  14. 14.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) 3
  15. 15.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 81
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 12
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) −3
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) −10
  21. 21.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) 16
  22. 22.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 41 (d) −11
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 10 (c) 34 (d) 44
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 8
  25. 25.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −44 (b) 56 (c) −34 (d) 44
  26. 26.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 19 (d) −5
  27. 27.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 66 (c) −14 (d) 24
  28. 28.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −13 (d) −3
  29. 29.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  30. 30.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) −4 (c) 30 (d) 20
  32. 32.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 55 (c) −19 (d) 29
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  34. 34.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 44 (d) −16
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  36. 36.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 39
  37. 37.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 74 (d) −24
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 19
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. 7
  3. −33
  4. 6
  5. 14
  6. 16
  7. 46
  8. 0
  9. −34
  10. 11
  11. −26
  12. 32
  13. −43
  14. 3
  15. −39
  16. 3
  17. 7
  18. 2
  19. 17
  20. 0
  21. 6
  22. −11
  23. 34
  24. 8
  25. −44
  26. 5
  27. −24
  28. −13
  29. −12
  30. −6
  31. 20
  32. −29
  33. 1
  34. 16
  35. −8
  36. −15
  37. −24
  38. 9
  39. 18
  40. −5

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