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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 885 · 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 −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 17 (d) 9
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 19
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 30
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 19 (d) 35
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 13
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 9
  8. 8.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 41 (c) 29 (d) −19
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −4
  10. 10.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −34 (c) −24 (d) 34
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 17
  12. 12.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  13. 13.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) −34
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) −1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  16. 16.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 4
  18. 18.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 8 (d) 4
  19. 19.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 7
  20. 20.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 0 (d) 6
  21. 21.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −19
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  23. 23.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 75 (c) 43 (d) −33
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  25. 25.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 84
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) −14 (d) 24
  27. 27.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −4 (d) −15
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 7
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 60 (c) 4 (d) −6
  32. 32.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) −11
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 6 (c) 34 (d) 24
  34. 34.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  35. 35.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 74
  36. 36.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 4
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 7
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 20 (c) 52 (d) 42
  39. 39.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) −39
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) 4

Answer key

  1. 9
  2. 15
  3. 20
  4. 25
  5. 30
  6. −7
  7. 29
  8. 19
  9. 4
  10. −34
  11. 3
  12. 13
  13. −34
  14. −11
  15. −12
  16. −11
  17. 4
  18. −4
  19. 5
  20. −6
  21. −19
  22. −5
  23. −43
  24. −12
  25. −4
  26. 14
  27. −5
  28. −15
  29. 20
  30. −2
  31. −6
  32. −21
  33. 24
  34. 26
  35. −18
  36. −4
  37. 9
  38. 42
  39. −39
  40. −6

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