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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 539 · 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 −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) −10
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 10
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 6
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 3 (d) 37
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 48
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 35
  11. 11.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 70 (d) −16
  12. 12.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 29 (d) 7
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 6
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) 18
  16. 16.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 57 (b) 23 (c) 47 (d) −47
  20. 20.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 49 (c) 35 (d) −25
  21. 21.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
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 20
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 15
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) 35
  25. 25.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 23
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 14
  27. 27.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 23
  28. 28.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 33 (c) −17 (d) −7
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 3 (d) −1
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 5
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 11
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 25 (d) −15
  33. 33.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 18 (d) 4
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 2
  35. 35.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 60 (d) −24
  36. 36.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 57 (c) −9 (d) 9
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 36
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 25
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. 1
  3. 16
  4. 5
  5. 27
  6. −7
  7. −16
  8. 1
  9. 38
  10. 25
  11. −26
  12. −7
  13. 16
  14. 14
  15. 40
  16. 9
  17. 14
  18. 0
  19. 47
  20. 25
  21. 1
  22. −2
  23. 21
  24. 25
  25. −23
  26. 18
  27. −1
  28. −17
  29. −11
  30. 23
  31. −11
  32. 15
  33. 4
  34. 2
  35. −24
  36. −9
  37. 12
  38. 26
  39. 11
  40. 0

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