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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 968 · 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 −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 21
  3. 3.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −11 (d) −1
  4. 4.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  5. 5.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −36 (c) −26 (d) 36
  6. 6.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −10 (d) 0
  7. 7.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) 50 (c) 40 (d) −40
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) −21
  9. 9.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 38 (d) 28
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 16 (c) 50 (d) 40
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  12. 12.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −12 (d) −2
  13. 13.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −40 (c) 50 (d) −50
  16. 16.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 18
  17. 17.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) −18
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 19
  19. 19.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 14
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 3
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 27
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 27
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  25. 25.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 23 (c) 41 (d) −31
  28. 28.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 26
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 4
  31. 31.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  32. 32.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −9
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 24
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 23
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  37. 37.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 32 (c) 16 (d) 6
  38. 38.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 49 (c) −9 (d) 9
  39. 39.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 31 (c) −13 (d) −3
  40. 40.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. −21
  3. −11
  4. −1
  5. −36
  6. 0
  7. 40
  8. 21
  9. 18
  10. 40
  11. 16
  12. −12
  13. −1
  14. −1
  15. −50
  16. −8
  17. −28
  18. 3
  19. 2
  20. 17
  21. 28
  22. 37
  23. 3
  24. 14
  25. −12
  26. 16
  27. 31
  28. −2
  29. −11
  30. 4
  31. 16
  32. 1
  33. 0
  34. 13
  35. 5
  36. 0
  37. 6
  38. 9
  39. −13
  40. −4

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