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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 512 · 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 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 5
  2. 2.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 80 (c) 6 (d) 4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 18 (d) 16
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 20
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) −1
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  7. 7.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 38
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 9 (d) 31
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) −7
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  11. 11.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 13 (d) −13
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) −2 (c) 14 (d) 24
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) 10
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −25
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) −7
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 16 (d) 40
  18. 18.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 2
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −24 (d) 34
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) 27
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 8 (c) 36 (d) 26
  23. 23.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) −20 (d) 54
  24. 24.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 17
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  27. 27.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 32 (d) 0
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) 14
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) −26
  30. 30.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 56 (d) −42
  31. 31.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 9 (d) 17
  33. 33.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 71 (d) −43
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 25 (d) 45
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  37. 37.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) −29 (d) 43
  38. 38.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) 26 (c) 54 (d) 44
  39. 39.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  40. 40.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10

Answer key

  1. 1
  2. −4
  3. 16
  4. 0
  5. −1
  6. 0
  7. −16
  8. 21
  9. −7
  10. 15
  11. −13
  12. 5
  13. 14
  14. −10
  15. 25
  16. 7
  17. 40
  18. 2
  19. 24
  20. 12
  21. 39
  22. 26
  23. −30
  24. 1
  25. 39
  26. 9
  27. −10
  28. 14
  29. 26
  30. −42
  31. −9
  32. 17
  33. −43
  34. 16
  35. 35
  36. 11
  37. −29
  38. 44
  39. −7
  40. −10

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