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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 440 · 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 −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  2. 2.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 64 (c) 26 (d) −16
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) 0
  4. 4.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
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  6. 6.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 54 (c) 32 (d) 22
  7. 7.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 35
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  9. 9.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 4
  10. 10.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) 9 (d) 57
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 8 (c) −28 (d) 28
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 4
  13. 13.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) −12
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  16. 16.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 84 (d) −14
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) 12
  18. 18.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 45 (c) −45 (d) −35
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  20. 20.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −1
  21. 21.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 34
  22. 22.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) 5
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 26
  25. 25.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) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  26. 26.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 7
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  28. 28.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −23 (d) −13
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  30. 30.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  31. 31.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 70
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 35
  34. 34.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 32 (c) 4 (d) −4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 27
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  38. 38.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 15
  39. 39.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 17
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −12

Answer key

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

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