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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 834 · 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 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 1
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  3. 3.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 42
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 21 (c) −37 (d) 37
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 7
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) 33
  7. 7.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 3
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 26 (d) −16
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 18
  12. 12.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) −4
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 0 (c) −22 (d) 22
  15. 15.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 37 (d) −11
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 15
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  19. 19.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  20. 20.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  21. 21.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 13 (d) 5
  22. 22.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) −38
  24. 24.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) −27
  25. 25.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 82 (c) 6 (d) −6
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −6
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 6
  28. 28.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 48
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 26
  31. 31.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  32. 32.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 32 (c) −12 (d) 12
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −40 (c) 50 (d) 40
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 18
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 17
  36. 36.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  37. 37.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 80
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 36 (d) −26
  39. 39.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 69 (d) 19
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −7

Answer key

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

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