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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 236 · 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 −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  4. 4.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) −5
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 21 (d) 45
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) −5 (d) −15
  7. 7.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −8
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 17
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 3
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 31
  12. 12.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  13. 13.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 46 (d) 14
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 4
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 1 (c) −25 (d) 25
  16. 16.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
  17. 17.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −31 (c) −41 (d) 41
  18. 18.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 65
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) −5
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 21
  22. 22.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 8
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −18
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  25. 25.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  26. 26.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 25
  27. 27.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) −8
  28. 28.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  29. 29.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 51 (d) 5
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 4 (d) 26
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 21
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) 43
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −6 (d) 6
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  37. 37.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 46 (c) −16 (d) 16
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 15
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 6 (d) 8
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 20 (c) 24 (d) 34

Answer key

  1. −5
  2. 39
  3. −3
  4. −5
  5. 35
  6. −5
  7. 0
  8. −8
  9. 23
  10. −7
  11. 7
  12. 1
  13. −14
  14. 20
  15. 25
  16. 43
  17. −41
  18. −1
  19. 5
  20. 28
  21. 21
  22. −8
  23. 18
  24. 4
  25. −3
  26. −1
  27. −8
  28. −6
  29. −5
  30. 13
  31. 16
  32. 11
  33. 33
  34. −6
  35. 6
  36. 2
  37. −16
  38. 3
  39. 8
  40. 24

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