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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 840 · 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 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 22
  2. 2.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) −24
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 25 (d) 3
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 41
  6. 6.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) 49 (d) −23
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 26 (c) 20 (d) −10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 37
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) 2
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 31 (c) 45 (d) −35
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) 31
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 2
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 49 (d) 11
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 18
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) −15
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 10
  18. 18.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 57 (c) −35 (d) 35
  19. 19.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 33
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 3 (c) −15 (d) 5
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 10
  22. 22.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −2
  24. 24.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) −4
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 32
  26. 26.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 76 (c) −10 (d) 20
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −4
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 5
  29. 29.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 1
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 11 (c) 27 (d) −27
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 5
  33. 33.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  36. 36.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) 16
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  38. 38.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 58 (c) 6 (d) 4
  39. 39.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  40. 40.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 68

Answer key

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

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