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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 54 · 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 −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 14
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) −18
  3. 3.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) 54 (c) 44 (d) 26
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 43 (c) −43 (d) 53
  5. 5.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  7. 7.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 15 (d) 7
  8. 8.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 24 (c) −8 (d) 18
  10. 10.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 34
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  12. 12.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 34
  13. 13.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  14. 14.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 33
  16. 16.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 39 (c) 13 (d) 3
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 26 (d) 42
  20. 20.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  22. 22.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 62 (d) −22
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  26. 26.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 57 (c) 5 (d) −15
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −1 (d) −23
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  30. 30.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 52 (c) 20 (d) −10
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −4
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 11
  33. 33.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 11 (d) 21
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) −8
  36. 36.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) −14
  37. 37.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 67
  38. 38.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 85 (c) −17 (d) −7
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 25
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 33

Answer key

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

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