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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 839 · 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 −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −8
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) −35
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  6. 6.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 53 (c) −1 (d) 9
  7. 7.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 84 (d) 18
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 28 (c) 14 (d) 4
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 43
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) −25
  11. 11.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −15 (d) −5
  12. 12.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 83
  13. 13.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 32 (d) −16
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 14
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −2
  16. 16.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 10 (d) 4
  17. 17.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 56 (c) −42 (d) 42
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 3
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −3
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) −9
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 10
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 2
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −26
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  26. 26.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 70 (d) −4
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) −1 (d) 21
  28. 28.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 11
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) −8
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  33. 33.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 38
  34. 34.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −1
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 1 (d) 23
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −11 (d) 21
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 6
  39. 39.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) −5
  40. 40.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 92 (c) 12 (d) −12

Answer key

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

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