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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 188 · 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 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 18
  2. 2.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 57 (d) −35
  3. 3.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) −24
  4. 4.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 63 (c) 15 (d) 5
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 35
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  7. 7.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 83 (d) 13
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 13 (c) 35 (d) 45
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  11. 11.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  12. 12.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −7
  13. 13.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 21 (c) −7 (d) 3
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 12
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) −14
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 42
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 28
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  19. 19.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) −15
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  21. 21.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  22. 22.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) −12
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) −22
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −19
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) −24
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 37
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 18
  28. 28.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) −6
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −6 (d) 6
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 4
  31. 31.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) −11
  32. 32.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 69 (c) 7 (d) 3
  33. 33.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −11 (c) 91 (d) 21
  34. 34.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 88 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) −24
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 6
  36. 36.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) 31
  39. 39.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 53 (d) −27
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) −1

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. −35
  3. −34
  4. 5
  5. 25
  6. 25
  7. −13
  8. −2
  9. 35
  10. −3
  11. 4
  12. 7
  13. −7
  14. 2
  15. 14
  16. 42
  17. 30
  18. 4
  19. −5
  20. 6
  21. −7
  22. −22
  23. 22
  24. −19
  25. 24
  26. 27
  27. 8
  28. −6
  29. −6
  30. −4
  31. −11
  32. −7
  33. −21
  34. −24
  35. 6
  36. −16
  37. −4
  38. 33
  39. −37
  40. 1

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