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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 256 · 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 −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) −20
  2. 2.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 12
  3. 3.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) −5
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 12 (c) 42 (d) −32
  6. 6.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 53 (c) −25 (d) −15
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 24
  8. 8.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 56 (b) 24 (c) 46 (d) −46
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 9 (d) −23
  11. 11.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 87
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 16
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 1
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 22
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 8 (d) −8
  16. 16.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −20 (c) 86 (d) 30
  17. 17.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) −6
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 32 (d) 18
  19. 19.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 87 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) −1
  21. 21.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 72 (c) −40 (d) −30
  22. 22.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 59 (d) −33
  24. 24.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 21 (d) 9
  25. 25.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 56 (d) −16
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −5
  27. 27.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 44 (c) −14 (d) 14
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 16
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −4
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 13
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  33. 33.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 27
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 7
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 5
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) −5
  39. 39.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 68 (c) −40 (d) −30
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. 20
  2. −10
  3. 5
  4. −3
  5. 32
  6. −25
  7. 6
  8. −15
  9. 46
  10. 23
  11. −13
  12. −8
  13. 1
  14. −12
  15. 8
  16. −30
  17. 6
  18. 8
  19. −7
  20. 1
  21. −40
  22. −2
  23. −33
  24. −9
  25. −26
  26. 5
  27. 14
  28. 4
  29. 4
  30. 12
  31. 35
  32. −1
  33. −1
  34. −6
  35. 11
  36. −7
  37. 5
  38. −5
  39. −40
  40. 8

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