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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 477 · 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 −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −5
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 24
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 24
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 1 (d) 21
  6. 6.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 88 (c) −30 (d) 30
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  8. 8.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 31
  9. 9.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 41
  10. 10.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −8
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) −2 (d) 2
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) −14
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  15. 15.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  16. 16.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  17. 17.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −39 (c) 51 (d) 39
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  19. 19.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 82 (c) −2 (d) −12
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 1 (d) 33
  21. 21.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) 15 (d) −23
  23. 23.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 45
  24. 24.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 56 (c) 10 (d) −10
  25. 25.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 9
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 6 (c) −22 (d) 32
  27. 27.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 28 (d) −10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 7
  31. 31.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  32. 32.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) −12
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) −11
  34. 34.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 93 (c) −5 (d) −15
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 24
  36. 36.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 23 (d) 45
  39. 39.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) −1
  40. 40.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 52 (c) 32 (d) −32

Answer key

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

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