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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 233 · 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 −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  3. 3.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 44
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 30 (c) 34 (d) 44
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 13 (c) −37 (d) 37
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 52 (c) 42 (d) 22
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 15 (c) 37 (d) −37
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 34
  10. 10.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 36 (c) −24 (d) −14
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) 6
  13. 13.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 79 (c) −9 (d) 1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 57
  16. 16.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 35
  17. 17.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −27 (c) −37 (d) 37
  18. 18.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  19. 19.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 45 (d) 1
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 20
  21. 21.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) −27
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 10
  23. 23.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 93 (d) −23
  24. 24.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 56
  25. 25.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 73 (d) −7
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 29
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) −20
  28. 28.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  29. 29.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) 14
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 8 (d) 16
  32. 32.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 41 (d) 19
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −29 (c) −39 (d) 39
  35. 35.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  36. 36.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 4 (c) 12 (d) 2
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −36 (d) 46
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 7
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 42

Answer key

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

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