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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 117 · 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 −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  2. 2.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 8
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 43 (d) 23
  4. 4.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) −3
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 1
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 29 (c) 49 (d) 39
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 22 (c) 24 (d) −14
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 23 (c) 57 (d) −47
  11. 11.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 61
  12. 12.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 23
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 19 (c) −5 (d) 5
  14. 14.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) −1
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 10
  16. 16.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 93 (d) −11
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 9 (c) 15 (d) 5
  18. 18.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) −50 (c) 60 (d) 50
  19. 19.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 35
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 6
  21. 21.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 18
  24. 24.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 38 (c) 12 (d) −2
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 21
  26. 26.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 73 (c) −45 (d) −35
  27. 27.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 47
  28. 28.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 67
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 12
  30. 30.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 13
  31. 31.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 55 (c) −7 (d) 7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) 18
  34. 34.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 72
  35. 35.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  37. 37.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 6 (d) 30
  39. 39.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) −14 (d) −4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) −1 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. −14
  2. 0
  3. 43
  4. −3
  5. 7
  6. 1
  7. 39
  8. −14
  9. 14
  10. 47
  11. −29
  12. 1
  13. −5
  14. 1
  15. −16
  16. −21
  17. 5
  18. −50
  19. −19
  20. 30
  21. 3
  22. 3
  23. −6
  24. 2
  25. 21
  26. −45
  27. 15
  28. −37
  29. 34
  30. 9
  31. −7
  32. −4
  33. 28
  34. −8
  35. 4
  36. 28
  37. −1
  38. 20
  39. −14
  40. 15

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