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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 68 · 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 −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 34 (c) 46 (d) 36
  2. 2.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −12 (d) −2
  3. 3.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −19 (c) −29 (d) 29
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 4
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 10
  6. 6.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 62 (c) −24 (d) −34
  7. 7.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 8 (d) 22
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 22
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 33
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 4 (c) −16 (d) 16
  12. 12.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 21
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 6 (c) −22 (d) 22
  14. 14.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 68 (c) −26 (d) 26
  15. 15.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) 13
  16. 16.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 65
  17. 17.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  18. 18.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) −13
  20. 20.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 42
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 1 (d) 19
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 13
  23. 23.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 6 (c) 15 (d) 5
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 21
  25. 25.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) 3
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) −1
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  28. 28.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 53 (d) −25
  29. 29.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) 0
  30. 30.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 79 (c) 31 (d) −31
  31. 31.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 11
  32. 32.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) 5
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 31 (c) 45 (d) −35
  34. 34.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −6 (d) 4
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) −1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 20 (d) −30
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 19
  39. 39.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 2 (d) 8
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 13

Answer key

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

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