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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 633 · 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 −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 6 (c) 32 (d) −22
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  4. 4.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) 1
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  6. 6.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  7. 7.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 51 (c) 25 (d) 35
  8. 8.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −9
  9. 9.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  10. 10.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 29 (c) −7 (d) −17
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 8
  12. 12.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 11
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 65 (c) −53 (d) 53
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 15
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) −40 (c) 16 (d) 40
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) −7
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  20. 20.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −22 (c) −12 (d) 22
  21. 21.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 46
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −4 (d) 4
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) −29
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −8
  25. 25.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  26. 26.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  28. 28.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  29. 29.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 71 (c) 3 (d) −7
  30. 30.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) 55 (c) −31 (d) 41
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 10 (c) 30 (d) 40
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 42 (c) −42 (d) 18
  33. 33.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) −38 (d) 54
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 44 (d) −26
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 0 (d) 22
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 23
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) 16
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 3 (d) 11

Answer key

  1. 22
  2. −9
  3. −7
  4. 1
  5. −4
  6. 1
  7. 25
  8. 9
  9. 6
  10. −17
  11. −12
  12. 5
  13. −53
  14. −3
  15. −8
  16. −12
  17. 40
  18. −7
  19. −13
  20. −22
  21. 12
  22. −4
  23. 29
  24. −18
  25. 13
  26. 3
  27. 8
  28. −15
  29. −7
  30. −41
  31. 30
  32. 42
  33. −38
  34. −26
  35. 5
  36. 22
  37. 11
  38. 13
  39. 6
  40. 11

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