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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 790 · 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 −4 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  2. 2.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 41
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) −1
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  7. 7.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 58
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 2
  9. 9.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 19
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −8
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) −3
  12. 12.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 32
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 15
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) −16
  15. 15.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 53 (c) −7 (d) 7
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) −2 (c) 32 (d) 22
  17. 17.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 57 (c) 5 (d) −15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) −39
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 33
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 18 (c) 34 (d) 24
  22. 22.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 32
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) 6
  24. 24.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 34 (d) −4
  25. 25.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) −8
  26. 26.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 10
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 19
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 11 (c) 23 (d) 33
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 36
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 27 (c) −13 (d) 23
  33. 33.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −1
  34. 34.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 19 (c) 25 (d) 15
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 43
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 25 (d) 27
  38. 38.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −25 (c) −15 (d) 25
  39. 39.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10

Answer key

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

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