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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 739 · 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.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) −8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  3. 3.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) −20 (c) 74 (d) 20
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  5. 5.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 40 (c) 22 (d) 50
  8. 8.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 59 (c) −3 (d) 13
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 19 (c) 27 (d) 17
  11. 11.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) 6
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −46 (b) 24 (c) 56 (d) 46
  13. 13.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  14. 14.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) 43 (d) −17
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 22 (c) 18 (d) 8
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 19
  19. 19.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 45
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  21. 21.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) 49 (d) −21
  22. 22.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 38 (c) −18 (d) 18
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  24. 24.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) 25 (c) −25 (d) 35
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 18
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 22
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 3
  31. 31.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 69 (d) 9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) −22
  33. 33.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 57
  34. 34.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) −4
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  36. 36.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 67 (d) 17
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) 24
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −15
  39. 39.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 3
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 20

Answer key

  1. −8
  2. −7
  3. −20
  4. 12
  5. −6
  6. 6
  7. 40
  8. 3
  9. 5
  10. 17
  11. −4
  12. 46
  13. 7
  14. 17
  15. 22
  16. 8
  17. 1
  18. 9
  19. 11
  20. 10
  21. 21
  22. −18
  23. 11
  24. 25
  25. 6
  26. 2
  27. 16
  28. 1
  29. −17
  30. −7
  31. −1
  32. −22
  33. −11
  34. 4
  35. 17
  36. −17
  37. 14
  38. 15
  39. −7
  40. 8

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