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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 819 · 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 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 26
  2. 2.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 15
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) 10
  4. 4.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) −42
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) −8
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  8. 8.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 54
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  10. 10.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 25
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 24
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 19 (c) 41 (d) −41
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) 26 (c) −44 (d) 44
  14. 14.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) −8 (d) 8
  15. 15.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  16. 16.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 48 (c) 32 (d) 22
  17. 17.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 58 (c) 8 (d) −8
  18. 18.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 38 (d) 6
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 29 (d) 7
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 33 (c) 47 (d) −37
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 25 (d) 1
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 9
  24. 24.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 84
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 27 (d) 15
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  27. 27.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 95
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 15
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) −6 (d) 6
  31. 31.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 11
  32. 32.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −22
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 9
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 12 (d) 32
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 27 (d) 13
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) −19
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  38. 38.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −17 (c) −27 (d) 27
  39. 39.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 4

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. 7
  3. 26
  4. −42
  5. 8
  6. 8
  7. 12
  8. 16
  9. 4
  10. 3
  11. 14
  12. 41
  13. 44
  14. −8
  15. −12
  16. 22
  17. −8
  18. −6
  19. −5
  20. −3
  21. 37
  22. 1
  23. −3
  24. −20
  25. 5
  26. 13
  27. −25
  28. −9
  29. −7
  30. 6
  31. 1
  32. −12
  33. 19
  34. 22
  35. 13
  36. −19
  37. 6
  38. −27
  39. 6
  40. 4

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