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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 835 · 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 −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 14
  3. 3.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) −11 (d) 11
  4. 4.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) −45
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) 14
  6. 6.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 47
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 13
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 43 (d) 19
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  12. 12.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  13. 13.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 11
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 37
  15. 15.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 51
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  17. 17.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 12
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −3
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 25 (d) −11
  21. 21.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) −32
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 14 (d) 42
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 20
  25. 25.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) −2
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  28. 28.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −46 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 56
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  30. 30.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 89
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 14
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) −14
  33. 33.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 34
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  35. 35.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 31
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 4 (d) 22
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 7
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) −11
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) 8
  40. 40.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 70 (c) 34 (d) −34

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 2
  3. −11
  4. −45
  5. 14
  6. −12
  7. −29
  8. 3
  9. 17
  10. 43
  11. −1
  12. 5
  13. −7
  14. 27
  15. 3
  16. −4
  17. −4
  18. −3
  19. −3
  20. 11
  21. 14
  22. 32
  23. 32
  24. −4
  25. 17
  26. 2
  27. −7
  28. −46
  29. 3
  30. −29
  31. 24
  32. 14
  33. −2
  34. 38
  35. −15
  36. 12
  37. −7
  38. −11
  39. 8
  40. −34

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