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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 974 · 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 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  3. 3.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) −22 (d) 50
  4. 4.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 52
  5. 5.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 63 (c) −21 (d) 21
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 9
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 24
  9. 9.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 70
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 16
  11. 11.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  12. 12.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 4 (d) 28
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) −37
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 15
  16. 16.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 42
  17. 17.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −31 (c) −41 (d) 41
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) −18 (d) 28
  19. 19.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 44 (c) −4 (d) 14
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 7
  21. 21.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −44 (c) 66 (d) −34
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −4 (c) −15 (d) 5
  23. 23.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 33 (c) 3 (d) 7
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 26 (d) −8
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 21 (c) 29 (d) 39
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 21 (d) −41
  27. 27.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) −3
  28. 28.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 86 (c) −14 (d) 24
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 44
  30. 30.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 18
  31. 31.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −5
  33. 33.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −1
  34. 34.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) −34 (d) 50
  35. 35.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 12
  36. 36.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) 1
  37. 37.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 17
  38. 38.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 54 (c) 8 (d) −8
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  40. 40.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 8 (d) 2

Answer key

  1. 8
  2. −11
  3. −32
  4. −18
  5. −21
  6. 29
  7. 13
  8. 36
  9. −38
  10. −12
  11. −3
  12. 3
  13. 28
  14. 37
  15. 7
  16. 18
  17. −41
  18. 18
  19. 4
  20. −1
  21. −44
  22. −5
  23. −7
  24. 8
  25. 29
  26. 41
  27. −13
  28. −24
  29. 34
  30. −18
  31. 1
  32. 15
  33. 1
  34. −34
  35. −12
  36. −1
  37. −11
  38. 8
  39. −4
  40. −8

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