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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 851 · 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 −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) 9
  2. 2.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 52 (d) 12
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) −4
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 24 (c) −2 (d) 8
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) 13
  8. 8.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −3 (d) 3
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 1
  10. 10.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 72 (c) 42 (d) −42
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 7
  12. 12.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 49
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 20 (d) 2
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −2
  16. 16.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) −17
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 14
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 3
  19. 19.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 29
  20. 20.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 31
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) 0
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) −17
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  29. 29.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 6
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 28 (c) 36 (d) 46
  32. 32.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 37 (d) 3
  33. 33.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 59 (d) 17
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  35. 35.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 63
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 18 (d) −40
  37. 37.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 22
  38. 38.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  39. 39.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 18
  40. 40.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 5

Answer key

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

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