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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 323 · 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 −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 21
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  5. 5.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −7
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 16 (d) 14
  7. 7.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 3
  8. 8.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 13
  10. 10.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −19
  12. 12.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 6
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 9
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) −14 (d) 14
  15. 15.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 56 (c) −16 (d) 26
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 18
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 14
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −2
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 27
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 0 (c) 16 (d) 26
  22. 22.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) 11
  23. 23.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) −3
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 35
  25. 25.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 66 (d) −26
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 44
  27. 27.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 71 (d) −3
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 22
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 27
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 15
  31. 31.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) −21
  32. 32.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 14
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 12 (d) −8
  34. 34.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 42
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 54 (c) −38 (d) −28
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 25 (d) 21
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 19 (c) −7 (d) 7
  39. 39.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) −11
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15

Answer key

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

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