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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 567 · 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 −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 4
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 18
  3. 3.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 7
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  7. 7.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 26
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) −6
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  11. 11.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) 3
  12. 12.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 7
  13. 13.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) −1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 41 (c) 21 (d) −21
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 16 (c) 38 (d) 48
  17. 17.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 43 (d) 27
  18. 18.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 28 (c) −8 (d) 18
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 23 (d) 43
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 27
  23. 23.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) −7
  24. 24.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 18
  25. 25.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 9
  26. 26.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 24
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) 18
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22
  30. 30.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 48 (d) 2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 17
  33. 33.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 37 (c) 7 (d) −7
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 17
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 18
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 55 (c) −45 (d) 45
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 20
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. 2
  2. 20
  3. −12
  4. 23
  5. 3
  6. 34
  7. −5
  8. 32
  9. 6
  10. −5
  11. −3
  12. 5
  13. −1
  14. 1
  15. −21
  16. 38
  17. 17
  18. 13
  19. 9
  20. 8
  21. 43
  22. 5
  23. 7
  24. −4
  25. 3
  26. −12
  27. 8
  28. 11
  29. 22
  30. −2
  31. 11
  32. 7
  33. 7
  34. 15
  35. 1
  36. 34
  37. 45
  38. −1
  39. 22
  40. 0

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