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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 149 · 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.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −4
  3. 3.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  4. 4.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 16
  5. 5.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 49
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −9
  8. 8.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −10
  9. 9.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 16
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) 9
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) 11
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −25 (d) −15
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 29 (d) 17
  17. 17.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 10 (d) 14
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −2
  19. 19.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 77 (c) 7 (d) −3
  20. 20.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) −18 (c) 44 (d) 28
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 8
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 23
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 13 (d) 35
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 32
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 21 (c) 17 (d) −17
  28. 28.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 72 (d) −8
  29. 29.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 86
  30. 30.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 70 (d) −28
  31. 31.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 33 (d) 21
  32. 32.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 50 (c) −14 (d) 14
  33. 33.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −22 (c) 72 (d) 32
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 21 (d) 47
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) 5
  36. 36.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 52
  38. 38.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 37
  39. 39.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −5
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) −4

Answer key

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

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