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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 853 · 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 −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  3. 3.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 6 (c) −2 (d) 12
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 33
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −21
  8. 8.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) −26 (c) 62 (d) 36
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) −10 (d) 20
  10. 10.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 89 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) −11
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 25 (d) 13
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −6
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −17
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 65 (d) −27
  16. 16.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −14
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 19 (c) 53 (d) −43
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −5
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) −24
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 8
  22. 22.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) 3
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 45
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 12 (c) 44 (d) 34
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) 11
  26. 26.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 38 (c) −20 (d) 20
  27. 27.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) −14
  28. 28.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) −5 (d) 5
  29. 29.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 10 (d) 30
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −12
  33. 33.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 50 (d) 28
  34. 34.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) −30
  35. 35.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 68 (c) −44 (d) −34
  36. 36.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 48 (d) 30
  37. 37.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 60 (c) −36 (d) −46
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  39. 39.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) −23
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) −13

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. 3
  3. −12
  4. 11
  5. 2
  6. 23
  7. 21
  8. −36
  9. 10
  10. −21
  11. 17
  12. 3
  13. −6
  14. −17
  15. −37
  16. −4
  17. 5
  18. 43
  19. −5
  20. 24
  21. 10
  22. −3
  23. 35
  24. 34
  25. 21
  26. −20
  27. −24
  28. 5
  29. −8
  30. 12
  31. 30
  32. −2
  33. 28
  34. −30
  35. −44
  36. 20
  37. −46
  38. −3
  39. −23
  40. −13

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