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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 977 · 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 −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 8
  2. 2.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 31 (c) −17 (d) −7
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) −19
  4. 4.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 92 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) −18
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  6. 6.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 51
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 13 (d) 27
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) −3
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 18 (d) −12
  12. 12.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 68 (c) 32 (d) −32
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 20 (d) −18
  14. 14.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 18
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 8 (d) 16
  16. 16.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) −7
  17. 17.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 53
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) 15
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 26
  20. 20.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) −18 (c) 28 (d) −2
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) 10
  22. 22.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  23. 23.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −19 (d) −9
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 30 (c) 34 (d) 44
  25. 25.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 98
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 10 (d) 18
  27. 27.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) 7
  28. 28.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 7
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) −17
  31. 31.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 6
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) −3
  34. 34.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  36. 36.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
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) −6
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 1
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 28 (c) −40 (d) 40

Answer key

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

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