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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 878 · 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 −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  2. 2.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −11 (c) 31 (d) 21
  3. 3.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −7
  4. 4.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) −17 (d) 17
  5. 5.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 39
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) −22
  7. 7.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −3
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 13
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  10. 10.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) −18
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) −10 (d) 0
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 6
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 19 (c) −37 (d) 37
  15. 15.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 34
  16. 16.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 17
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 5 (d) 35
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) 4
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) −25
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) 8
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 17 (c) −33 (d) 33
  23. 23.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) 31 (d) 15
  24. 24.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 58
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 11 (c) 27 (d) 17
  26. 26.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −21
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) −17
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 8
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) −4
  31. 31.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 45
  34. 34.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) 1
  35. 35.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  36. 36.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 12
  37. 37.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 48
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 28
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3

Answer key

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

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