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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 125 · 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 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 25
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) −11
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 6 (c) 30 (d) 20
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 12 (d) 30
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  6. 6.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) −6
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 17
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) 16
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) −13
  10. 10.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 18
  11. 11.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) −16
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 1
  14. 14.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  15. 15.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 0
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  17. 17.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 53
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 10 (d) −2
  19. 19.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 33
  21. 21.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) −2
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 20 (c) −44 (d) 54
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 26
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 19
  25. 25.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −47 (b) −37 (c) 67 (d) 47
  26. 26.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 29
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −9
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 12 (c) 30 (d) 20
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) 51
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 1
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −2
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  33. 33.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 12
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 22
  36. 36.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 18
  37. 37.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  38. 38.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 54 (d) −30
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −3
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0

Answer key

  1. 11
  2. 11
  3. 20
  4. 30
  5. 13
  6. −6
  7. −3
  8. 6
  9. −13
  10. −2
  11. −26
  12. 6
  13. 0
  14. 0
  15. 0
  16. 15
  17. −37
  18. −2
  19. 20
  20. 23
  21. −2
  22. 44
  23. 4
  24. 19
  25. −47
  26. 7
  27. 9
  28. 20
  29. 41
  30. −1
  31. −2
  32. 1
  33. −16
  34. 18
  35. 2
  36. −2
  37. 9
  38. −30
  39. 21
  40. −10

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