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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 585 · 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 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 13 (d) 9
  3. 3.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 24
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  5. 5.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 49 (d) −13
  6. 6.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) −34
  7. 7.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) −3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) 8
  9. 9.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 73 (c) −9 (d) 9
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 13
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 28
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  14. 14.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 32 (c) −6 (d) 6
  15. 15.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 0
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) −16
  17. 17.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) 3
  20. 20.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 16
  21. 21.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) −18
  23. 23.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 2
  25. 25.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 7
  26. 26.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 90 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 22
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) 10
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) −15
  30. 30.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −17
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 9
  32. 32.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 42
  34. 34.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  36. 36.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −2
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −26
  38. 38.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 97 (c) −13 (d) −23
  39. 39.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −8
  40. 40.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) 33 (c) 1 (d) 23

Answer key

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

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