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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 898 · 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 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  2. 2.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) 39 (c) 29 (d) 9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −6
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 4
  6. 6.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 60 (c) 46 (d) −46
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23
  8. 8.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) −28 (d) 42
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 21
  10. 10.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 58
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 31 (c) 49 (d) −39
  12. 12.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) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  14. 14.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 42 (c) 10 (d) 20
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 9
  16. 16.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 24
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 17 (c) 31 (d) −31
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −49 (b) 67 (c) −39 (d) 49
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 21
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 15 (c) 27 (d) −27
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  25. 25.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) −5
  26. 26.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 34
  27. 27.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −12 (d) −2
  28. 28.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 56
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  30. 30.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  31. 31.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  32. 32.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) 14
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  34. 34.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 23
  35. 35.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) −10
  36. 36.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 53 (c) −11 (d) −21
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) −1
  38. 38.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 61 (d) −25
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 37

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. 29
  3. 6
  4. 2
  5. 14
  6. −46
  7. 23
  8. −28
  9. 9
  10. −32
  11. 39
  12. 20
  13. 7
  14. 10
  15. 5
  16. 0
  17. 31
  18. 15
  19. 6
  20. −49
  21. 3
  22. −3
  23. 27
  24. 16
  25. 5
  26. −20
  27. −12
  28. 2
  29. −1
  30. −13
  31. −10
  32. −14
  33. 4
  34. −13
  35. 0
  36. −21
  37. 1
  38. −25
  39. 9
  40. 37

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