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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 890 · 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 −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 27
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 6
  5. 5.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 83 (d) 1
  6. 6.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 38 (d) 8
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) −24
  8. 8.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 14 (d) 12
  9. 9.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 8
  10. 10.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 77 (c) 31 (d) −31
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) 40
  12. 12.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 6
  13. 13.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) 20
  15. 15.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  16. 16.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 14
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 20
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 24
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 4 (c) −22 (d) 22
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −1
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −37 (c) 47 (d) 37
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 28 (c) −10 (d) 10
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) 52
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 26
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 9
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  28. 28.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  29. 29.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 38 (c) −10 (d) 0
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 12
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 16
  33. 33.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 1
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 18
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  37. 37.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 0 (d) −6
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) −42 (c) 18 (d) 42
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 15
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) 8

Answer key

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

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