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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 353 · 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 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −3
  2. 2.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  3. 3.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 29 (c) 21 (d) 11
  6. 6.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 14
  7. 7.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  9. 9.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 36 (c) 6 (d) 16
  10. 10.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 19 (d) −19
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) −3
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) −21
  13. 13.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 27 (c) 39 (d) 49
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 23
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) −4
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 19
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) 48
  20. 20.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 25 (d) 33
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  23. 23.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 59
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 22 (c) 28 (d) −28
  25. 25.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 29
  27. 27.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) 4
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) 13
  29. 29.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 19
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 17 (c) −39 (d) 49
  33. 33.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −6
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) −8
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 19 (d) 27
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 31 (c) 41 (d) −31
  37. 37.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) −51
  38. 38.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −19 (c) −29 (d) 29
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16

Answer key

  1. −3
  2. −3
  3. −4
  4. 1
  5. 11
  6. 2
  7. 14
  8. 18
  9. 6
  10. 19
  11. 3
  12. 21
  13. −12
  14. 39
  15. 11
  16. 0
  17. 16
  18. 39
  19. 38
  20. 4
  21. 33
  22. −2
  23. −29
  24. 28
  25. −2
  26. 9
  27. 4
  28. 13
  29. 1
  30. 3
  31. 1
  32. 39
  33. −6
  34. −8
  35. 27
  36. 31
  37. −51
  38. −29
  39. 19
  40. 16

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