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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 827 · 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 −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 15
  2. 2.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 40
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 21 (d) 23
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  6. 6.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 46
  7. 7.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  8. 8.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) −4
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) −4
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  11. 11.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) −22
  12. 12.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 14
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  15. 15.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) −3
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 23
  19. 19.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) −25
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 23
  21. 21.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 25 (d) 9
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 11 (c) −29 (d) 29
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  25. 25.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 9
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  29. 29.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 19 (d) 11
  30. 30.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 76 (c) 26 (d) −26
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 36 (d) 28
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 5
  34. 34.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) −7 (d) 3
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 25 (d) −7
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  38. 38.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 13 (d) −15
  39. 39.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) 70 (d) −32
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 20 (c) 32 (d) −22

Answer key

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

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