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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 243 · 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 −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) 13
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 12
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 13
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  8. 8.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) −32
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 3
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 33
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 5 (d) 27
  14. 14.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) −24 (d) 56
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  16. 16.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) −12
  17. 17.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 16
  18. 18.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −9
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 4
  20. 20.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 81 (c) −39 (d) 39
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) −6 (d) 18
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 20 (d) 2
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) −24
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 24 (d) 18
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −46 (c) 56 (d) 46
  26. 26.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 15
  27. 27.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) −42
  28. 28.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 2
  30. 30.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 41
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) −1 (d) 17
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 54 (c) 44 (d) 26
  33. 33.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) −1
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −2
  35. 35.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) −33 (d) 67
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) −10 (d) 0
  37. 37.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 4
  38. 38.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −39 (c) −29 (d) 39
  39. 39.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) 29

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. −16
  3. −1
  4. 15
  5. −8
  6. −1
  7. −7
  8. −32
  9. 11
  10. −7
  11. 33
  12. 6
  13. 27
  14. −34
  15. 11
  16. −22
  17. 2
  18. −9
  19. −4
  20. −39
  21. 18
  22. 2
  23. −14
  24. 8
  25. 46
  26. 15
  27. −42
  28. 4
  29. 24
  30. −23
  31. 17
  32. 44
  33. −1
  34. 2
  35. −33
  36. 0
  37. −4
  38. −39
  39. −11
  40. 19

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