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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 960 · 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 −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  2. 2.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −2
  3. 3.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  4. 4.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  5. 5.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) −15 (c) 87 (d) 25
  6. 6.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 64
  7. 7.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 91 (d) 15
  8. 8.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 18 (d) 16
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) 5
  10. 10.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 8 (c) −24 (d) 24
  12. 12.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 49
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −1
  14. 14.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) −24 (c) 64 (d) 34
  15. 15.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 51 (d) −29
  16. 16.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) 1
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 8
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  19. 19.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 54 (d) 24
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −4 (c) −5 (d) −15
  21. 21.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 49 (c) −27 (d) −37
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −25
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) −7
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 25
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 24
  27. 27.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 73
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  29. 29.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 30
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) −3 (d) 13
  32. 32.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 43 (c) −17 (d) 17
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) −10
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −1 (d) −23
  35. 35.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 29
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) 20
  37. 37.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 89 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 44 (c) −44 (d) 54
  39. 39.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 74 (c) 6 (d) −4
  40. 40.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 14

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −2
  3. 0
  4. −9
  5. −25
  6. 2
  7. −15
  8. 16
  9. 5
  10. 11
  11. 24
  12. 5
  13. 1
  14. −34
  15. −29
  16. −9
  17. 12
  18. 9
  19. 14
  20. −5
  21. −7
  22. −37
  23. −15
  24. −7
  25. 11
  26. 0
  27. −7
  28. 7
  29. −10
  30. 2
  31. 3
  32. 17
  33. 0
  34. 23
  35. −29
  36. 38
  37. −15
  38. 44
  39. −4
  40. 4

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