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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 997 · 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 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 0
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  3. 3.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  6. 6.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 74 (d) −24
  7. 7.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  8. 8.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 77 (d) 11
  9. 9.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) −9
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) −18
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) −17
  12. 12.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 18
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 18
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) −19
  15. 15.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 77 (d) 1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 28
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 18 (d) 48
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 15
  20. 20.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) 24 (d) 38
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 44
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −6
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 11 (d) 9
  26. 26.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −45 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 75
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  28. 28.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 57
  29. 29.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  30. 30.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) −27
  31. 31.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 10
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 27
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 39 (d) −29
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  37. 37.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 40
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 3
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 8

Answer key

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

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