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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 64 · 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 −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 8
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 24 (c) 6 (d) 4
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 24
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  6. 6.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  7. 7.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 6
  8. 8.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 1
  9. 9.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 16
  10. 10.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) −49 (c) 61 (d) 49
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) −5
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 21
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) −6
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) 9
  15. 15.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 30
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  18. 18.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) 38 (d) −28
  21. 21.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −44 (b) −34 (c) 62 (d) 44
  22. 22.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) −12
  24. 24.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 11
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) 14
  27. 27.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 80
  28. 28.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 57 (d) 3
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  30. 30.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 7 (c) −5 (d) 15
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 6 (d) 18
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) 51
  33. 33.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −45 (c) −35 (d) 45
  34. 34.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 67 (d) −25
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 31 (c) 9 (d) −9
  36. 36.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 54
  37. 37.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) −2
  38. 38.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 96 (d) −8
  39. 39.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 64 (c) −14 (d) 24
  40. 40.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 19 (d) 7

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. 0
  3. −6
  4. −4
  5. 9
  6. −1
  7. 6
  8. −1
  9. 10
  10. −49
  11. −15
  12. 11
  13. 6
  14. −1
  15. 20
  16. 3
  17. 0
  18. −20
  19. 1
  20. 28
  21. −44
  22. 5
  23. 12
  24. 13
  25. −7
  26. 14
  27. −6
  28. −7
  29. −7
  30. −15
  31. 18
  32. 41
  33. −45
  34. −25
  35. 9
  36. −40
  37. −2
  38. −18
  39. 14
  40. −7

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