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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 102 · 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 −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 19
  3. 3.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) 0
  4. 4.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 24 (c) −10 (d) 0
  5. 5.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  6. 6.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 17
  7. 7.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) −44 (d) 56
  8. 8.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
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 11 (c) −27 (d) 37
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 29 (d) 35
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  12. 12.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −18 (d) −8
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 12
  14. 14.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) 44 (d) 34
  15. 15.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) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  16. 16.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) −4
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −1 (c) −23 (d) 23
  18. 18.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 3
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  20. 20.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 13 (d) 19
  21. 21.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 11
  23. 23.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) −3
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  25. 25.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −18 (d) −8
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) 8
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −27 (c) −37 (d) 37
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 1
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 20
  34. 34.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  36. 36.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) 15
  37. 37.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) 11
  38. 38.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 93 (c) 19 (d) −19
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 30
  40. 40.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 76 (d) −12

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 1
  3. −10
  4. 0
  5. 9
  6. 1
  7. −44
  8. 29
  9. 27
  10. 35
  11. 5
  12. −8
  13. 0
  14. 34
  15. 11
  16. −4
  17. 23
  18. −3
  19. 0
  20. 9
  21. 0
  22. −7
  23. −3
  24. −2
  25. −8
  26. −4
  27. 8
  28. 16
  29. −37
  30. −1
  31. 4
  32. 1
  33. 8
  34. 8
  35. 3
  36. 5
  37. 1
  38. −19
  39. 20
  40. −22

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