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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 826 · 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 −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 2
  4. 4.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 42 (c) 0 (d) 10
  5. 5.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −32 (c) 48 (d) 32
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 6
  7. 7.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) −2
  8. 8.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 18 (d) 30
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 43 (c) 23 (d) −43
  11. 11.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 76 (c) 6 (d) −6
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  13. 13.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 41 (c) 59 (d) −31
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 15
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) −4
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) 8
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −7
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) −15
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 19
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) 12
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 2
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) 3
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 8
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  26. 26.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 23
  27. 27.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 15 (d) −11
  28. 28.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 48 (d) 10
  29. 29.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 32 (d) −4
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 31 (c) 7 (d) 17
  31. 31.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 63 (c) −45 (d) 45
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 29 (c) 41 (d) −31
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 8
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) 11
  35. 35.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 53 (c) 13 (d) −3
  36. 36.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 16 (c) −10 (d) 0
  37. 37.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 64 (c) 14 (d) −4
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 10
  39. 39.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  40. 40.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. 18
  3. 12
  4. −10
  5. −32
  6. 6
  7. −2
  8. −2
  9. 30
  10. 43
  11. −6
  12. −3
  13. −41
  14. 7
  15. −4
  16. −2
  17. 17
  18. −5
  19. 1
  20. 36
  21. −2
  22. 23
  23. 24
  24. 26
  25. −5
  26. −23
  27. −11
  28. 10
  29. −4
  30. 7
  31. −45
  32. 31
  33. 26
  34. 11
  35. −13
  36. 0
  37. −14
  38. −12
  39. −9
  40. −7

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