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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 312 · 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 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 22 (d) 0
  3. 3.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 63 (d) −39
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 31 (c) 17 (d) −7
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 16
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 24 (d) 40
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 20
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −7
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 10
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 22
  14. 14.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 1
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 20 (d) 16
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) 8
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 25 (d) −7
  19. 19.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 0
  20. 20.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) 4
  21. 21.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 89 (c) −9 (d) 9
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 27 (d) −5
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 30 (c) 44 (d) −34
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −27
  25. 25.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) −29 (c) 67 (d) 39
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 22 (c) −26 (d) 36
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) −6
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 16
  31. 31.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  32. 32.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 27
  33. 33.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 73 (c) 5 (d) −5
  34. 34.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) 14
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 57
  38. 38.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −9 (d) 9
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) 14
  40. 40.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −19 (c) 89 (d) 29

Answer key

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

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