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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 199 · 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 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) −7
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) −2
  4. 4.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 22
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) 11 (d) −33
  6. 6.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 13 (c) 41 (d) 31
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) 33 (d) −37
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  10. 10.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) −6
  11. 11.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 64
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 20 (d) 8
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) −12
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) 16
  15. 15.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 22
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 7
  17. 17.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) −11
  18. 18.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 62 (c) −32 (d) −42
  19. 19.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 0
  21. 21.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) 21 (c) 47 (d) −37
  22. 22.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 43 (d) 11
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 12
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 5
  25. 25.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 60 (c) 0 (d) −10
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −9
  27. 27.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 8
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) −15 (d) 25
  32. 32.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) −15
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 31
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 2
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 12
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 21
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) −28
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 13

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. −7
  3. 8
  4. −22
  5. 33
  6. −15
  7. 31
  8. 37
  9. 0
  10. −6
  11. −2
  12. 8
  13. 12
  14. 6
  15. −2
  16. 9
  17. −11
  18. −42
  19. −14
  20. 22
  21. 37
  22. −11
  23. 2
  24. 3
  25. 0
  26. −9
  27. 4
  28. −5
  29. 19
  30. 10
  31. 15
  32. −5
  33. −1
  34. −13
  35. 14
  36. 2
  37. 14
  38. −3
  39. 28
  40. −13

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