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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 590 · 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 −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  2. 2.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 45 (d) 11
  3. 3.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 10
  4. 4.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 56 (d) −36
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) 32 (d) −22
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 29 (c) 7 (d) −7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 66 (c) −48 (d) 48
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −3
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) 10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 14
  12. 12.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 16
  13. 13.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 90 (d) −8
  14. 14.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 29 (d) 5
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 17 (d) −5
  17. 17.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) 1 (d) −1
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) −13
  19. 19.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 42
  20. 20.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  21. 21.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 14
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 20 (c) 50 (d) −40
  23. 23.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 4
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 16
  27. 27.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 30 (d) 8
  28. 28.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 6
  29. 29.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  30. 30.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 3 (d) 9
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 8 (d) −14
  32. 32.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −28 (c) −18 (d) 28
  33. 33.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 54
  34. 34.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −4
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) 19
  36. 36.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 38 (c) −12 (d) −2
  37. 37.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −4
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 12
  39. 39.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) −1
  40. 40.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) −32

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. 11
  3. 2
  4. −36
  5. 22
  6. 7
  7. −48
  8. −13
  9. 7
  10. 0
  11. 12
  12. 0
  13. −18
  14. 8
  15. 5
  16. −5
  17. 1
  18. 13
  19. −4
  20. 6
  21. 14
  22. 40
  23. −5
  24. −1
  25. 4
  26. 6
  27. −2
  28. 6
  29. −10
  30. −9
  31. 14
  32. −28
  33. −2
  34. 6
  35. 21
  36. −12
  37. 4
  38. 10
  39. −9
  40. −42

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