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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 185 · 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 night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) 33
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 10
  4. 4.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 14
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 5
  8. 8.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −8 (d) 18
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) −10
  10. 10.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) −14
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 32 (c) 44 (d) 34
  14. 14.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) −28 (c) 4 (d) 38
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 5
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 10
  17. 17.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 47
  18. 18.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −8
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 11
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) 36
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 7
  22. 22.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 7
  23. 23.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 50 (c) −16 (d) 26
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −4
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −1 (c) 31 (d) −21
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  27. 27.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 31
  28. 28.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 83
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) 9
  30. 30.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 15
  31. 31.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) −28
  32. 32.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) −4
  33. 33.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  34. 34.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 50 (c) −10 (d) 10
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) −4 (d) 14
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) −14
  37. 37.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 2
  40. 40.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18

Answer key

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

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