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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 229 · 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 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  2. 2.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) −4
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 15
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  6. 6.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) −7
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  9. 9.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) −17 (d) 17
  10. 10.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  11. 11.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 88 (c) 14 (d) −4
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 32 (d) 38
  13. 13.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 9
  14. 14.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) −10
  15. 15.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −1
  17. 17.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 14
  19. 19.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) −32
  20. 20.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  21. 21.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 81
  22. 22.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −21
  23. 23.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 27 (c) 43 (d) 53
  25. 25.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) −10
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) −2
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 24
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) 1
  29. 29.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) −15
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 52 (c) 18 (d) 42
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) −8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) 14
  33. 33.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) −12
  36. 36.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 13 (c) 29 (d) −29
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 8
  40. 40.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 50 (d) −26

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. −14
  3. 4
  4. 15
  5. 5
  6. 7
  7. 3
  8. −7
  9. −17
  10. −4
  11. −14
  12. 38
  13. −1
  14. 0
  15. −12
  16. 11
  17. −6
  18. 4
  19. −42
  20. 1
  21. −37
  22. −21
  23. −1
  24. 43
  25. −10
  26. −12
  27. 8
  28. −9
  29. −5
  30. 42
  31. 8
  32. 14
  33. −5
  34. −1
  35. −2
  36. 6
  37. 29
  38. 11
  39. 4
  40. −26

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