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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 855 · 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 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 29 (d) 17
  3. 3.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 31 (c) −33 (d) 33
  5. 5.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) −15
  6. 6.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 54 (c) 4 (d) 14
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −2 (d) −22
  8. 8.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −12 (d) −2
  9. 9.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) −20
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 7 (d) 5
  11. 11.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 6
  12. 12.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −5
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 19
  15. 15.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 55
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 28
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 23 (c) −43 (d) 43
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  21. 21.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 65 (d) −25
  22. 22.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 79
  23. 23.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  24. 24.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −17
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 23
  28. 28.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  29. 29.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 7 (d) −17
  32. 32.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 68 (d) −22
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) −18
  34. 34.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  36. 36.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 42 (c) 14 (d) −14
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 17
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  39. 39.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 1
  40. 40.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 50

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. 7
  3. −4
  4. 33
  5. −25
  6. 4
  7. 22
  8. −2
  9. −20
  10. −5
  11. −2
  12. −9
  13. −5
  14. 9
  15. 17
  16. 0
  17. 12
  18. 7
  19. 43
  20. 2
  21. −25
  22. −23
  23. 3
  24. −17
  25. 17
  26. 8
  27. 1
  28. 2
  29. −15
  30. 4
  31. 17
  32. −22
  33. −8
  34. 5
  35. −6
  36. −14
  37. −7
  38. −15
  39. −7
  40. −26

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