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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 425 · 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 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  2. 2.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 95 (c) −17 (d) −7
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 22
  5. 5.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) 16
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) 4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 56 (c) 16 (d) 6
  8. 8.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 53
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) −10
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 23 (c) 5 (d) 15
  11. 11.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −40 (c) 80 (d) 40
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  13. 13.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −7
  14. 14.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) −3
  15. 15.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 87 (c) −19 (d) −29
  16. 16.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 86 (c) −16 (d) −26
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 9
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 22 (c) −36 (d) 36
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −3
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 0
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −3 (c) −17 (d) 17
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 3
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 10
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 41 (c) 27 (d) 51
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22
  26. 26.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 65
  27. 27.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 22
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) 17
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 14 (c) −16 (d) 16
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 2
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 44
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 76 (c) 4 (d) −4
  36. 36.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −9
  37. 37.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 94
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −2 (d) 2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 44 (d) −14
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10

Answer key

  1. 8
  2. −17
  3. 16
  4. 16
  5. 6
  6. 4
  7. 6
  8. 25
  9. 0
  10. 5
  11. −40
  12. 38
  13. −7
  14. −3
  15. −29
  16. −26
  17. 5
  18. 36
  19. −3
  20. 0
  21. 17
  22. 3
  23. 34
  24. 41
  25. 22
  26. −33
  27. −4
  28. 7
  29. 16
  30. 11
  31. 2
  32. 34
  33. −8
  34. 4
  35. −4
  36. 9
  37. −24
  38. 2
  39. 14
  40. 0

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