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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 355 · 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 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 12 (c) −30 (d) 40
  2. 2.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −39 (c) −29 (d) 39
  3. 3.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 18
  4. 4.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 44
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 19
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) 3
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 14 (d) 28
  8. 8.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 65 (d) 7
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  10. 10.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 37
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) 35 (d) −25
  12. 12.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  13. 13.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 70 (d) 8
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  15. 15.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 63 (d) −7
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) −5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) 6 (d) −6
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 11 (d) 15
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 1
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 24
  22. 22.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 69 (d) 17
  23. 23.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −5
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 32 (c) 18 (d) 8
  25. 25.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  28. 28.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) 4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) 22
  30. 30.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 5
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 22 (d) 16
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 19 (d) 25
  36. 36.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −52 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 62
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −2
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 21 (d) −7
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) −1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) −14

Answer key

  1. 30
  2. −39
  3. −18
  4. −8
  5. −1
  6. 3
  7. 28
  8. −3
  9. −4
  10. 7
  11. 25
  12. 0
  13. −8
  14. 12
  15. −17
  16. 15
  17. 5
  18. 6
  19. 15
  20. 1
  21. 6
  22. −17
  23. −5
  24. 8
  25. 0
  26. 1
  27. −8
  28. −4
  29. 12
  30. 2
  31. 1
  32. 16
  33. 16
  34. −3
  35. 25
  36. −52
  37. 8
  38. −7
  39. −1
  40. 14

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