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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 33 · 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 −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −25
  2. 2.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 57 (d) 9
  3. 3.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 92 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) −28
  4. 4.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) −34
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 18
  6. 6.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −4
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  9. 9.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 65 (c) −17 (d) −27
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 16 (c) −18 (d) 18
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  12. 12.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 49
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) 45 (c) −45 (d) 25
  14. 14.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) 4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 26
  17. 17.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) −15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 47
  19. 19.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) 16
  21. 21.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  22. 22.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 96
  23. 23.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −8 (d) 8
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 5 (d) 11
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 24 (d) 48
  26. 26.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  28. 28.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 7
  29. 29.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 93 (c) −11 (d) 21
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 14 (d) 34
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 25
  32. 32.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −43 (c) −33 (d) 43
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 2
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 10
  35. 35.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) 1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 42
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 14
  38. 38.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 37
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) 18

Answer key

  1. 25
  2. −1
  3. −28
  4. −34
  5. 8
  6. −11
  7. 6
  8. 9
  9. −27
  10. 18
  11. 17
  12. 25
  13. 45
  14. −4
  15. 5
  16. 2
  17. −25
  18. 3
  19. 17
  20. 16
  21. −11
  22. −24
  23. 8
  24. −11
  25. 38
  26. −8
  27. −6
  28. −13
  29. −21
  30. 34
  31. 3
  32. −43
  33. −8
  34. 8
  35. −9
  36. 32
  37. 18
  38. −8
  39. 27
  40. −18

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