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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 395 · 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 −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) −37
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  3. 3.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 44
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) 43 (c) −43 (d) 19
  5. 5.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  6. 6.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 32
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 16
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) −11
  9. 9.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) 13
  10. 10.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  11. 11.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 13
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 14 (d) 34
  13. 13.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  15. 15.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 7
  16. 16.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 56 (c) 2 (d) 8
  17. 17.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 24
  19. 19.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) −16
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 0
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −21 (d) −11
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −45 (b) 55 (c) 45 (d) 25
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 9 (c) −5 (d) 5
  26. 26.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 31 (c) −9 (d) 19
  28. 28.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) −34 (d) 48
  29. 29.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 53 (d) 21
  30. 30.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  31. 31.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) −21
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 20
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  34. 34.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 27 (c) 7 (d) 3
  35. 35.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) 14
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) 48 (d) −38
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  38. 38.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −16 (d) −26
  39. 39.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 8

Answer key

  1. 37
  2. −1
  3. 20
  4. 43
  5. −15
  6. −14
  7. 12
  8. −11
  9. 3
  10. −3
  11. 1
  12. 24
  13. −6
  14. 7
  15. −3
  16. −2
  17. 3
  18. 12
  19. −6
  20. 14
  21. −8
  22. −11
  23. 45
  24. −4
  25. −5
  26. −8
  27. 9
  28. −34
  29. −21
  30. 0
  31. −21
  32. 0
  33. 10
  34. −3
  35. −14
  36. 38
  37. 1
  38. −26
  39. −12
  40. −8

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