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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 387 · 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 −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) 12
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 3 (c) −23 (d) 23
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 0 (c) 26 (d) 16
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 22 (c) 0 (d) 10
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 57
  8. 8.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −14
  9. 9.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 58 (c) 48 (d) −48
  10. 10.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 19 (d) −9
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 22
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) −28
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  17. 17.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 38
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 26 (d) 36
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) 11
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 8 (d) 42
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −5 (d) 15
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 8
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 13 (c) 41 (d) 31
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 18
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) −10
  26. 26.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) −20 (c) 10 (d) 0
  27. 27.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 15
  28. 28.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 52 (c) −8 (d) 18
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 26 (c) −2 (d) 8
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  31. 31.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 0
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 2
  33. 33.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 28 (c) 2 (d) −2
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 17
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −14 (d) 24
  36. 36.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) 25 (d) −15
  37. 37.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 18
  38. 38.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) −27 (d) 77
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) −14
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 25

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 0
  3. 23
  4. 16
  5. 0
  6. −7
  7. 13
  8. −14
  9. −48
  10. 17
  11. 9
  12. −7
  13. 12
  14. 10
  15. 28
  16. −6
  17. −10
  18. 36
  19. 1
  20. 32
  21. 5
  22. 0
  23. 31
  24. −6
  25. 10
  26. −10
  27. −3
  28. 8
  29. −2
  30. 11
  31. −10
  32. 10
  33. −2
  34. −7
  35. 14
  36. 15
  37. −2
  38. −27
  39. 14
  40. 3

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