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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 872 · 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 −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  2. 2.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −28
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 26 (d) −8
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 29 (c) 17 (d) −29
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  6. 6.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 51 (c) −51 (d) −41
  7. 7.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 40
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 3 (d) 19
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 18 (d) 48
  11. 11.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) −18
  12. 12.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  13. 13.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 3
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 18
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) −2 (d) 2
  16. 16.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 46 (c) 10 (d) −10
  17. 17.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −6 (d) 4
  18. 18.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 13
  19. 19.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 12
  20. 20.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  23. 23.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 53 (d) 7
  24. 24.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 38
  25. 25.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 47 (d) 23
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 10 (c) −16 (d) 16
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 8
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 14
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 15
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) 21 (c) 45 (d) −45
  33. 33.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) −5
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 20 (c) 28 (d) 18
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  36. 36.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 90 (d) −18
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 18 (d) 16
  39. 39.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 27 (c) 3 (d) 7
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −6 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. 11
  2. 28
  3. 8
  4. 29
  5. −3
  6. −51
  7. 18
  8. 19
  9. −2
  10. 38
  11. −28
  12. −5
  13. 3
  14. 0
  15. 2
  16. 10
  17. −6
  18. −17
  19. 2
  20. 4
  21. −1
  22. −16
  23. −3
  24. 16
  25. 13
  26. −2
  27. 16
  28. 1
  29. −16
  30. 26
  31. 1
  32. 45
  33. −5
  34. 18
  35. 6
  36. −18
  37. 30
  38. 16
  39. −3
  40. −6

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