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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 86 · 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 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 27 (c) −11 (d) 11
  2. 2.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 83 (d) −5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −3
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) −26
  5. 5.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 76 (d) 4
  6. 6.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −44 (b) −34 (c) 68 (d) 44
  7. 7.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 2
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 19 (d) −5
  9. 9.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 57 (d) −11
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  11. 11.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  12. 12.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 36
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 6
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 32
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) 38
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 32
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 4 (d) 10
  18. 18.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 26
  20. 20.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 46
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) −3 (d) 17
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) 28
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −8 (d) 8
  24. 24.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 29
  25. 25.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −2
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 5 (d) 17
  27. 27.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) 70 (c) 50 (d) −50
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  29. 29.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −15
  30. 30.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 21 (c) −5 (d) −15
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) −7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 12
  33. 33.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  34. 34.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) −31
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 5
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) 8
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3

Answer key

  1. 11
  2. −15
  3. 3
  4. 26
  5. 4
  6. −44
  7. −4
  8. 5
  9. 11
  10. 33
  11. −1
  12. 6
  13. −6
  14. 32
  15. 28
  16. 32
  17. −10
  18. −9
  19. 2
  20. 22
  21. 17
  22. 38
  23. 8
  24. 7
  25. −2
  26. 17
  27. −50
  28. 5
  29. −15
  30. −5
  31. 7
  32. 2
  33. −8
  34. −3
  35. 20
  36. 31
  37. −15
  38. 13
  39. 8
  40. −3

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