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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 820 · 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 −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 16
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  3. 3.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −46 (c) 46 (d) −36
  4. 4.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) −10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  6. 6.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) 12
  7. 7.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 20
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 9 (d) 13
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 16
  10. 10.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) 7
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 24
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 7
  14. 14.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 75
  15. 15.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) −1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 37 (c) −11 (d) 11
  17. 17.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 67 (c) 27 (d) −27
  18. 18.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 29 (d) −1
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) 52 (d) 20
  20. 20.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 24
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 20 (c) −24 (d) 24
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) 13 (d) −31
  23. 23.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 20
  24. 24.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −42 (c) 26 (d) 52
  26. 26.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 22
  27. 27.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 78 (c) 28 (d) −28
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −5
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 9
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) 28
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  35. 35.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 60 (d) 16
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 24 (c) 40 (d) −40
  37. 37.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 63 (d) −49
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 5
  39. 39.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 61 (c) −7 (d) 7
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 12 (c) −34 (d) 34

Answer key

  1. 6
  2. −7
  3. −46
  4. −10
  5. 14
  6. 2
  7. −20
  8. −13
  9. 36
  10. −3
  11. −1
  12. 2
  13. −3
  14. −15
  15. −1
  16. −11
  17. −27
  18. −1
  19. 42
  20. −6
  21. 24
  22. 31
  23. 10
  24. −20
  25. 42
  26. −8
  27. −28
  28. −12
  29. 5
  30. 9
  31. −7
  32. 17
  33. 18
  34. 14
  35. 16
  36. 40
  37. −49
  38. 5
  39. 7
  40. 34

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