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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 859 · 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 −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 22
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  3. 3.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  4. 4.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 45 (c) 15 (d) −5
  5. 5.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  6. 6.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 25
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) −10
  9. 9.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −30 (c) −40 (d) 40
  10. 10.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 26
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 32
  12. 12.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  13. 13.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 55
  14. 14.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 65
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 30
  16. 16.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −6
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 97 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) −23
  19. 19.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 0
  20. 20.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −14 (c) 88 (d) 24
  21. 21.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) −9
  24. 24.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 66 (d) −2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) −8
  27. 27.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 13 (d) 11
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 2
  30. 30.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 17 (c) 47 (d) 37
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  35. 35.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 33
  36. 36.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 33
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −9
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 22 (c) 38 (d) −28
  40. 40.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 78 (c) −2 (d) 12

Answer key

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

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