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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 818 · 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 −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 25
  2. 2.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 53 (d) 5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 45
  5. 5.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 31 (d) −3
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  7. 7.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −15
  8. 8.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 53 (c) −11 (d) −21
  9. 9.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 49 (d) −17
  10. 10.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) −6
  11. 11.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  12. 12.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 57 (d) −45
  13. 13.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 69 (c) −23 (d) −33
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 32 (c) 46 (d) 36
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 12
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) −19 (d) 29
  17. 17.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 13
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 16
  19. 19.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) 13
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) 29
  21. 21.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 44 (d) −14
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 2
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 35 (d) −23
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 10
  28. 28.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 43 (c) 23 (d) −23
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 27
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  31. 31.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) −5
  32. 32.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 4
  33. 33.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 40 (c) −10 (d) 0
  34. 34.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) −3
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 25 (d) −1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 24
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 43 (c) 27 (d) −43
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 14
  40. 40.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 32 (c) 0 (d) −10

Answer key

  1. 11
  2. 5
  3. 14
  4. 35
  5. −3
  6. −5
  7. −5
  8. −21
  9. −17
  10. 6
  11. −8
  12. −45
  13. −33
  14. 36
  15. 4
  16. 19
  17. −9
  18. −4
  19. 3
  20. 19
  21. −24
  22. 22
  23. 12
  24. 14
  25. 1
  26. −23
  27. 0
  28. −23
  29. −3
  30. −6
  31. −5
  32. −12
  33. 0
  34. −13
  35. −1
  36. 36
  37. −9
  38. 43
  39. 26
  40. 0

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