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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 298 · 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 −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) −17 (d) 27
  2. 2.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 13
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 13 (d) 27
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) −7
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 17 (d) 35
  8. 8.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) −28
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 28
  10. 10.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) 24
  11. 11.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 30
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 13 (d) 11
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 38 (c) 26 (d) 16
  17. 17.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 16
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 28 (d) 18
  19. 19.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) −21
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 16
  23. 23.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) −6
  24. 24.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 45 (c) 11 (d) −11
  25. 25.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 11
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) −13
  27. 27.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) 0
  28. 28.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 27
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −17
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  31. 31.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 29 (c) −7 (d) −17
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −4
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 9
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 14
  35. 35.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 69 (c) −15 (d) −25
  36. 36.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 51 (d) 21
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 16
  39. 39.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) 15 (d) 5
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) −18

Answer key

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

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