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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 328 · 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 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 15
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 3
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  5. 5.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 92 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) −26
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 10 (d) 26
  7. 7.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 50 (c) 20 (d) 30
  8. 8.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 83 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  9. 9.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) 2
  10. 10.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) −25 (d) 41
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 10
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) 1 (d) −9
  15. 15.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 62 (d) −2
  16. 16.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 4
  17. 17.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) −25
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  19. 19.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  20. 20.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) −43 (c) 43 (d) 55
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −6
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 25
  23. 23.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 18
  24. 24.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 72 (c) −4 (d) 14
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  26. 26.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) −10
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 14
  28. 28.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 23 (c) 17 (d) −17
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 25 (c) −43 (d) 43
  31. 31.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) 40 (c) 24 (d) 30
  32. 32.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) 20 (d) 14
  33. 33.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 4 (d) 14
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 13
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 27
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −16
  37. 37.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 28 (c) −6 (d) −16
  38. 38.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 45 (c) −19 (d) 19
  39. 39.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 6
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 19

Answer key

  1. −13
  2. −8
  3. −3
  4. −2
  5. −26
  6. 26
  7. 20
  8. −17
  9. −8
  10. −25
  11. −2
  12. 18
  13. −3
  14. −9
  15. −12
  16. −4
  17. 25
  18. 14
  19. 1
  20. −43
  21. 6
  22. 13
  23. −18
  24. −14
  25. 18
  26. −20
  27. −8
  28. −6
  29. 17
  30. 43
  31. 30
  32. 20
  33. −14
  34. 7
  35. 17
  36. −16
  37. −16
  38. −19
  39. 5
  40. 7

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