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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 887 · 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 −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 14 (d) 2
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  3. 3.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −8
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 45 (d) 3
  5. 5.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 9
  6. 6.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 77 (c) −29 (d) −19
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 9
  8. 8.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 15
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −40 (c) 50 (d) 18
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 13 (d) 9
  12. 12.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 66
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 30
  15. 15.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 15
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 20
  17. 17.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 50
  18. 18.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 42
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 44 (d) 22
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 49 (c) −15 (d) 25
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) −2
  25. 25.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 24
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 29
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 32 (c) −8 (d) 8
  28. 28.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 11 (d) 35
  30. 30.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  31. 31.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 16
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  36. 36.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 23
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 1
  38. 38.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 45
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) −12
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) 2

Answer key

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

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