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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 897 · 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 −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 20
  2. 2.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 54 (c) −22 (d) −32
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 57 (c) −47 (d) 23
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) 10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 49 (d) 21
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  7. 7.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −49 (b) 65 (c) 49 (d) −39
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) −44 (c) 24 (d) 44
  11. 11.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −17
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) 48
  13. 13.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  14. 14.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 2
  15. 15.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) −13
  16. 16.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 32 (c) −10 (d) 10
  17. 17.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) −3
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) −4 (d) 14
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) 13
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 5
  22. 22.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) −22 (d) 74
  23. 23.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 26
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  26. 26.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 52 (d) −42
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  30. 30.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 65 (c) −31 (d) −41
  31. 31.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) −11
  32. 32.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 64 (c) −42 (d) −52
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 25 (d) −15
  34. 34.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 70 (d) 2
  35. 35.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 49
  36. 36.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 74 (d) −20
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 38
  39. 39.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 4

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. −32
  3. 47
  4. 10
  5. 39
  6. −9
  7. −49
  8. 14
  9. 10
  10. 44
  11. −17
  12. 38
  13. −9
  14. 2
  15. −23
  16. −10
  17. −6
  18. −3
  19. 4
  20. 7
  21. 1
  22. −32
  23. −12
  24. 5
  25. 12
  26. −42
  27. −1
  28. −4
  29. 3
  30. −41
  31. −11
  32. −52
  33. 15
  34. 2
  35. 17
  36. −30
  37. 2
  38. 38
  39. −6
  40. 22

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