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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 832 · 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 −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 8
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 41
  3. 3.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) −27
  4. 4.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 13
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 16
  7. 7.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 50 (d) −6
  8. 8.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 15 (c) 29 (d) −29
  10. 10.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 6 (d) 14
  11. 11.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 35 (d) −13
  12. 12.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  13. 13.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 74 (c) 12 (d) −12
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 27
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  16. 16.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 90
  17. 17.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 43 (d) 3
  18. 18.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 23
  22. 22.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −25 (c) −15 (d) 25
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 8
  24. 24.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −8
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  26. 26.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  27. 27.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 53 (c) 21 (d) −21
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) 12
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 18
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 19 (c) −15 (d) 15
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  33. 33.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  35. 35.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  36. 36.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  37. 37.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 19
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 20
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 13

Answer key

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

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