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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 867 · 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 −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  2. 2.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 37 (d) 25
  3. 3.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −45 (b) −35 (c) 67 (d) 45
  4. 4.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 61
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 11 (d) 13
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 6
  7. 7.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) −5 (d) 5
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) −41
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 12
  11. 11.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 45
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 21 (d) 43
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 44 (c) 22 (d) 54
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  16. 16.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 45
  17. 17.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 78
  18. 18.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 68 (c) 20 (d) −20
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 7
  20. 20.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 29
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 14
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 15
  23. 23.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −45 (b) 65 (c) 55 (d) −55
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 6
  26. 26.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 15 (d) −3
  27. 27.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  28. 28.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  29. 29.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 18
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 22
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 17
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 24 (d) −10
  33. 33.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 13 (d) −13
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) −2 (d) 2
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 1
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 27 (d) 37
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 23 (d) 35

Answer key

  1. −1
  2. 15
  3. −45
  4. 11
  5. 3
  6. −4
  7. 5
  8. 41
  9. 3
  10. 4
  11. −9
  12. 43
  13. −2
  14. 44
  15. 22
  16. −27
  17. −26
  18. −20
  19. −13
  20. −15
  21. −8
  22. −11
  23. −55
  24. 13
  25. 16
  26. −13
  27. 8
  28. −6
  29. −12
  30. 30
  31. 11
  32. 0
  33. −9
  34. 6
  35. 13
  36. −2
  37. 1
  38. 37
  39. −4
  40. 25

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