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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 802 · 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 −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) 14
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 20 (c) 48 (d) −38
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 7
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) 32 (d) −22
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  9. 9.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 56 (c) 8 (d) 18
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) 4
  11. 11.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 0 (d) 32
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 17 (d) 23
  15. 15.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) 8
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 24
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −11
  20. 20.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 74
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) −33
  22. 22.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −1
  23. 23.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 31
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 9
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  28. 28.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  29. 29.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 21
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 11
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 19
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) −10
  35. 35.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −32 (c) −42 (d) 42
  36. 36.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) 35 (d) −25
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 26
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 8 (c) −32 (d) 42
  39. 39.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 58
  40. 40.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. 4
  2. 38
  3. 19
  4. −5
  5. 0
  6. 22
  7. 0
  8. 1
  9. 8
  10. −4
  11. −7
  12. 4
  13. 22
  14. 13
  15. −2
  16. 30
  17. 3
  18. 8
  19. −11
  20. −30
  21. 33
  22. −1
  23. 22
  24. 31
  25. 2
  26. 29
  27. −16
  28. 6
  29. −1
  30. −1
  31. 33
  32. 3
  33. 27
  34. 10
  35. −42
  36. 25
  37. 26
  38. 32
  39. 20
  40. −6

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