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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 562 · 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 −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) 52
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  3. 3.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) −36 (d) 52
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −1
  5. 5.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −22 (c) −32 (d) 32
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 12 (d) 16
  7. 7.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  9. 9.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 13 (c) −15 (d) 5
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) 9
  13. 13.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 5
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) 12
  15. 15.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) −4
  16. 16.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) −1
  17. 17.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 6 (d) 14
  19. 19.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −1
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) −2
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 25 (c) 41 (d) −41
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 24 (c) −40 (d) 40
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) 4
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  25. 25.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 78 (d) −16
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −3 (d) 25
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 10 (c) −16 (d) 16
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  29. 29.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  30. 30.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 50 (d) 2
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 12 (d) 18
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 8 (d) 40
  34. 34.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  35. 35.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) −15
  36. 36.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 27 (c) 15 (d) 5
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −3 (c) 19 (d) −19
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  40. 40.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) −3

Answer key

  1. 42
  2. 1
  3. −36
  4. 17
  5. −32
  6. 16
  7. −7
  8. 13
  9. −5
  10. −4
  11. 22
  12. −1
  13. −13
  14. 2
  15. 4
  16. 1
  17. −14
  18. −14
  19. −1
  20. −12
  21. 41
  22. 40
  23. 4
  24. 0
  25. −16
  26. 15
  27. 16
  28. 10
  29. −1
  30. −20
  31. 2
  32. 18
  33. 30
  34. −2
  35. −5
  36. −3
  37. 5
  38. 19
  39. 12
  40. 3

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