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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 281 · 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 −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) −8
  2. 2.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 17 (d) 35
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) 21
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) 13
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 8 (d) 26
  7. 7.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) −48
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  9. 9.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 17
  10. 10.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 14
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) −2
  13. 13.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) −42
  14. 14.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 32 (d) −4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 51 (c) −13 (d) −23
  16. 16.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 68 (d) −20
  17. 17.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 44 (c) 18 (d) −18
  18. 18.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −7
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 16 (d) 44
  22. 22.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 75 (c) −23 (d) 33
  23. 23.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 23
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 17 (c) −15 (d) −5
  27. 27.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 0 (d) 10
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  31. 31.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 96 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) −12
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 15 (c) 37 (d) −37
  33. 33.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  34. 34.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  35. 35.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  36. 36.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 62 (d) −12
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 21 (c) 17 (d) 7
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) 13
  39. 39.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 40 (d) 0
  40. 40.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −31 (c) −41 (d) 41

Answer key

  1. −8
  2. −11
  3. 35
  4. 31
  5. 3
  6. 26
  7. −48
  8. 6
  9. 1
  10. −3
  11. −14
  12. 2
  13. −42
  14. −4
  15. −23
  16. −30
  17. −18
  18. 23
  19. −3
  20. 7
  21. 34
  22. −33
  23. 1
  24. 15
  25. 20
  26. −5
  27. −10
  28. 20
  29. −1
  30. 2
  31. −22
  32. 37
  33. −4
  34. −14
  35. −10
  36. −12
  37. 7
  38. 3
  39. −10
  40. −41

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