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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 690 · 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) −10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) 10
  2. 2.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −47 (c) 47 (d) −37
  3. 3.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 93 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  4. 4.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 70 (c) −16 (d) −26
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  6. 6.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 3
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  8. 8.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 31 (c) 19 (d) −9
  9. 9.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 4 (d) 10
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 16 (c) 42 (d) −32
  11. 11.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 47 (c) 25 (d) 35
  12. 12.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 17
  13. 13.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 70 (d) −10
  14. 14.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 34 (c) 22 (d) 12
  15. 15.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  16. 16.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) −5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −3
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) −2 (d) 30
  23. 23.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  24. 24.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 38 (c) 6 (d) 4
  25. 25.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 66 (c) 12 (d) −12
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 24
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −4
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −1
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 11
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 5
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  34. 34.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) 5
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 27
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 31 (c) 37 (d) −37
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 3
  38. 38.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  39. 39.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 27 (d) −17
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 1

Answer key

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

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