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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 95 · 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 −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) −23 (c) 65 (d) 33
  3. 3.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 61 (d) −13
  4. 4.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −6 (d) 4
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 3
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) −3 (d) 3
  7. 7.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 72
  8. 8.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 14
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 31 (c) 17 (d) −7
  10. 10.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 39 (c) −13 (d) 13
  11. 11.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 49 (d) −25
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 1
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 10 (d) 22
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 10 (d) −30
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  16. 16.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  18. 18.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 37 (c) −15 (d) 15
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  20. 20.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 8
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −30
  22. 22.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 90 (d) −30
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 50
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −7 (d) 7
  25. 25.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 42
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  27. 27.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 6 (d) −2
  28. 28.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 23
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 36 (d) 34
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 14
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −21 (d) 31
  32. 32.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  33. 33.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) −9
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  35. 35.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 44 (c) −14 (d) −24
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) 7 (d) −3
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) 11
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) −22
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 3

Answer key

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

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