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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 248 · 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 −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 26 (c) −28 (d) 38
  2. 2.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  3. 3.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) 7
  5. 5.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) −3
  7. 7.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) −34 (d) 48
  8. 8.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  9. 9.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 64
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 17 (c) 47 (d) 37
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) −13
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  13. 13.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 32 (c) −6 (d) 6
  14. 14.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 61 (c) −31 (d) 41
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 7 (d) −29
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) −18 (d) 18
  17. 17.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 75 (c) −27 (d) 37
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 19 (c) −13 (d) 13
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 0
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 26 (d) −4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) 4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 31
  23. 23.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  25. 25.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) −26
  26. 26.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 11
  27. 27.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) −17 (c) 27 (d) 5
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 27
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −3 (d) −13
  30. 30.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) 28 (c) 48 (d) 38
  31. 31.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) 8
  32. 32.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
  33. 33.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 91 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 42 (c) 22 (d) −42
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) −32
  36. 36.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 21 (d) 27
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 2
  38. 38.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 7
  39. 39.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 3
  40. 40.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 12

Answer key

  1. 28
  2. −2
  3. −12
  4. 31
  5. 4
  6. 21
  7. −34
  8. −12
  9. −38
  10. 37
  11. 13
  12. 15
  13. −6
  14. −41
  15. 29
  16. 18
  17. −37
  18. 13
  19. 0
  20. −4
  21. 4
  22. 31
  23. −9
  24. 11
  25. −26
  26. −1
  27. 17
  28. 3
  29. −13
  30. 38
  31. −8
  32. −14
  33. −11
  34. 42
  35. 32
  36. 17
  37. 2
  38. −1
  39. −7
  40. −2

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