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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 264 · 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 −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 31 (c) 41 (d) −31
  2. 2.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 26
  3. 3.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) 3 (d) −7
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 11
  5. 5.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) −9
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 19
  7. 7.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) −10
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 20
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) −7 (d) 17
  10. 10.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) −11
  11. 11.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 51 (d) −27
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 20
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 41 (c) 27 (d) −41
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) 11
  15. 15.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  16. 16.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 6
  17. 17.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 42
  18. 18.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 70 (d) 4
  19. 19.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 77 (c) −1 (d) −11
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 8
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  22. 22.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) 14
  23. 23.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 62 (c) −14 (d) 24
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 7 (d) 37
  25. 25.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −4
  26. 26.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 72 (d) 18
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 19 (c) 33 (d) −23
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 4
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 30 (c) 8 (d) 18
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 0
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 5
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) 19
  35. 35.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 39 (d) −3
  36. 36.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −10
  38. 38.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 3
  39. 39.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 17 (d) 21
  40. 40.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9

Answer key

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

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