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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 50 · 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 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 20 (d) 14
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 2
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 6
  5. 5.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  6. 6.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 1
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −12
  8. 8.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  9. 9.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 0
  10. 10.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) 1
  11. 11.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −4
  13. 13.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 65 (c) 47 (d) −47
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  15. 15.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 75 (c) 5 (d) 15
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) 2
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 25 (d) 7
  20. 20.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) −4
  21. 21.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 8
  22. 22.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 90 (d) −14
  23. 23.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) −8
  25. 25.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 75
  26. 26.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 29 (d) 15
  27. 27.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 59 (c) 11 (d) 21
  28. 28.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 8
  29. 29.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 75 (c) −23 (d) 33
  30. 30.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  31. 31.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 48 (c) 16 (d) 26
  32. 32.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  34. 34.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 2
  35. 35.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 55 (c) −17 (d) 17
  36. 36.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 22
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 16
  39. 39.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) −49
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) 9

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. 6
  3. 12
  4. 28
  5. −4
  6. −9
  7. −12
  8. −14
  9. −6
  10. −1
  11. 2
  12. −4
  13. −47
  14. 18
  15. 5
  16. −14
  17. 15
  18. −2
  19. 7
  20. −4
  21. −10
  22. −14
  23. −7
  24. 8
  25. 3
  26. −15
  27. 11
  28. 0
  29. −33
  30. −9
  31. 16
  32. −8
  33. 10
  34. −8
  35. −17
  36. −9
  37. 2
  38. 30
  39. −49
  40. 9

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