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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 359 · 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 −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −3
  3. 3.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 45 (c) 1 (d) 9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) 10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  6. 6.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) 2 (c) 24 (d) 34
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  8. 8.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −16
  9. 9.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 52 (d) 14
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  11. 11.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) 73
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 0
  13. 13.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 64
  14. 14.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 1 (d) 5
  15. 15.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) −4
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 27
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 14 (c) 36 (d) 26
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) 12
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 10
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) −27 (d) 37
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 46
  23. 23.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 20 (d) 10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) −19
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −10
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) −3 (d) −21
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −17
  29. 29.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 6 (d) 20
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) 29
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 5 (c) 23 (d) 13
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 21
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  40. 40.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 56 (c) −28 (d) 28

Answer key

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

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