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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 554 · 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 −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 41
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) −4
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  5. 5.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) −2
  7. 7.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −7
  8. 8.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −25 (c) 15 (d) −5
  9. 9.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) −10
  10. 10.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) −34 (d) 44
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  12. 12.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 93
  13. 13.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 37 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 60 (d) −34
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −9
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 4
  17. 17.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −1
  18. 18.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 77 (c) −15 (d) −5
  19. 19.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 1
  21. 21.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 6
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −13
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −10
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) 33
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 16 (d) 2
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 12
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 25 (d) 49
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  31. 31.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 18
  32. 32.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  33. 33.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  36. 36.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −13 (d) −3
  37. 37.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 49 (d) −11
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −19
  39. 39.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
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −16 (d) −6

Answer key

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

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