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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 966 · 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 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 10
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 2 (c) 32 (d) 22
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  5. 5.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 52
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  7. 7.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 21 (d) −3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 10
  9. 9.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 28 (d) 10
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  11. 11.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 58 (c) −24 (d) 24
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) 11
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 12
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 20
  16. 16.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  17. 17.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 50 (c) −2 (d) −12
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −12 (d) −2
  19. 19.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 37 (d) −15
  20. 20.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 30 (c) 10 (d) 0
  21. 21.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) −7
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 12 (d) 44
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 1 (d) 25
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) 33
  27. 27.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  28. 28.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 64 (d) −4
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 10 (d) 20
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −4
  31. 31.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 23
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 3
  33. 33.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 48 (c) −22 (d) 22
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  35. 35.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) −16 (d) 34
  36. 36.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) −18 (c) 52 (d) 28
  37. 37.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 14
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) 31 (d) −33
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 71 (c) −35 (d) −45

Answer key

  1. 9
  2. −6
  3. 22
  4. −15
  5. −10
  6. 10
  7. −3
  8. 4
  9. 10
  10. 11
  11. −24
  12. 1
  13. 0
  14. −17
  15. 12
  16. −5
  17. −12
  18. −2
  19. 15
  20. 0
  21. −8
  22. 22
  23. −7
  24. 34
  25. 25
  26. 35
  27. −13
  28. −4
  29. 20
  30. 4
  31. −23
  32. 11
  33. 22
  34. 3
  35. −16
  36. −28
  37. −16
  38. 33
  39. −14
  40. −45

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