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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 687 · 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 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  2. 2.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 10 (d) −6
  3. 3.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) 61
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) −27
  5. 5.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −21 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) −29
  7. 7.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  8. 8.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) −5
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 16 (c) 36 (d) 46
  10. 10.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 24
  12. 12.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) 22 (d) 32
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 30 (c) −36 (d) 46
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) −16
  15. 15.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −11 (c) 85 (d) 21
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) 7
  19. 19.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 53
  20. 20.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) −25
  21. 21.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −7
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −15
  23. 23.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 28 (c) 20 (d) 10
  24. 24.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 6 (d) −5
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 17
  26. 26.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 62 (d) 10
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 9 (d) 23
  28. 28.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 35 (c) −1 (d) 11
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 38 (c) 22 (d) 48
  30. 30.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 42 (c) −14 (d) 24
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) −37
  32. 32.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) 23
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −43 (b) 53 (c) 43 (d) 27
  34. 34.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 51 (c) −35 (d) −25
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) 18
  36. 36.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 3
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  38. 38.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 8
  39. 39.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −4 (d) −5
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) −18

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. −16
  3. −21
  4. 27
  5. −11
  6. 29
  7. −7
  8. 5
  9. 36
  10. 0
  11. 2
  12. 22
  13. 36
  14. −26
  15. −21
  16. 6
  17. −6
  18. −3
  19. 23
  20. −35
  21. −7
  22. −5
  23. 10
  24. 5
  25. −3
  26. −10
  27. 23
  28. −11
  29. 38
  30. −24
  31. 37
  32. −23
  33. 43
  34. −35
  35. 28
  36. −7
  37. 6
  38. −2
  39. −5
  40. 18

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