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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 874 · 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 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 8
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −1
  3. 3.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 20 (c) 36 (d) 46
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 42 (c) −42 (d) 52
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −8
  7. 7.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) −44 (d) 72
  8. 8.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 10
  10. 10.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 57 (c) 9 (d) −1
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) −6
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  13. 13.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) −6
  14. 14.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 45 (d) −33
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 33
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 23 (d) 19
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  18. 18.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 0
  19. 19.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) 37 (d) 47
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  21. 21.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 22
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 72
  24. 24.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −6
  26. 26.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) 54 (d) −22
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 50
  28. 28.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 39 (d) 9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) −15
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −5 (d) 5
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) −4
  33. 33.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 7
  34. 34.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) 3
  37. 37.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) −4
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) −22
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 15 (d) 31
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5

Answer key

  1. −2
  2. 19
  3. 11
  4. 36
  5. 42
  6. −8
  7. −44
  8. −3
  9. 8
  10. −1
  11. 6
  12. 7
  13. −6
  14. −33
  15. 23
  16. 9
  17. 8
  18. 0
  19. 37
  20. −11
  21. −22
  22. 7
  23. 2
  24. −5
  25. −6
  26. 22
  27. 40
  28. −9
  29. −5
  30. 5
  31. 7
  32. 4
  33. −5
  34. 18
  35. 0
  36. 3
  37. −4
  38. 22
  39. 31
  40. −5

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