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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 473 · 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 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 22
  2. 2.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 38
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) 0 (d) −22
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  5. 5.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 33
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 24 (d) −10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) −36 (c) 62 (d) 36
  9. 9.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 24 (c) 0 (d) −10
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) −6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  12. 12.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 77 (c) 35 (d) −35
  13. 13.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 53 (d) −39
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 6
  15. 15.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  16. 16.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 59 (d) −17
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 23
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 12
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  20. 20.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) −11 (d) 95
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) 13
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 33
  24. 24.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) −3
  25. 25.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 13
  27. 27.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  30. 30.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) −9
  31. 31.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 18
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) 10
  34. 34.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 11
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) −3
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 2 (c) 32 (d) 22
  37. 37.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) 5
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 13
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −1
  40. 40.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −44 (b) 66 (c) 54 (d) −54

Answer key

  1. 0
  2. 16
  3. 22
  4. −13
  5. 0
  6. 33
  7. 0
  8. −36
  9. 0
  10. 16
  11. 10
  12. −35
  13. −39
  14. 30
  15. 5
  16. −27
  17. 5
  18. 12
  19. 5
  20. −21
  21. 3
  22. −1
  23. 35
  24. −3
  25. −14
  26. 11
  27. −5
  28. 11
  29. 5
  30. 9
  31. −18
  32. 15
  33. 0
  34. −7
  35. −3
  36. 22
  37. 5
  38. 3
  39. 17
  40. −54

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