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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 849 · 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 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 15
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 30
  4. 4.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 30
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) 0
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) 5
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  9. 9.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 88 (d) −12
  10. 10.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) −39
  11. 11.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 50 (d) 2
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 12
  13. 13.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 51 (c) −23 (d) 23
  14. 14.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 76 (c) −4 (d) 4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) −12 (d) 96
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 34 (d) 36
  17. 17.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 32
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 0 (c) 26 (d) −16
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) −11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 13
  21. 21.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 4 (d) 6
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 20 (c) 42 (d) −42
  23. 23.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  24. 24.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  25. 25.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) −6 (d) 4
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) 10
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 25 (d) 35
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 26
  30. 30.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 53 (c) −19 (d) 29
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 35
  32. 32.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 61
  33. 33.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  34. 34.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) −35 (d) 85
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) −4
  37. 37.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 54 (d) 14
  38. 38.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 68 (d) 8
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) 41 (d) 31

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. −8
  3. 34
  4. 20
  5. 19
  6. 0
  7. 5
  8. −10
  9. −22
  10. −39
  11. −2
  12. 34
  13. −23
  14. −4
  15. −22
  16. 36
  17. 4
  18. 16
  19. −11
  20. 7
  21. −4
  22. 42
  23. 1
  24. −1
  25. −6
  26. 0
  27. −2
  28. 35
  29. 26
  30. −29
  31. 25
  32. 15
  33. −5
  34. −35
  35. 3
  36. 4
  37. 14
  38. −2
  39. 1
  40. 21

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