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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 858 · 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 −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 19 (c) −23 (d) 33
  2. 2.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 13 (d) 21
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 18 (d) 30
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 55 (c) −45 (d) 25
  11. 11.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 32 (d) 8
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −11 (d) −1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −18 (d) −8
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) −6
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 8
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  18. 18.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 64 (d) −20
  19. 19.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) 19 (c) 31 (d) 21
  20. 20.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 20
  22. 22.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) −16
  23. 23.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  24. 24.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −23
  25. 25.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) −31 (c) 49 (d) 31
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 25 (c) 41 (d) 51
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 14
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  29. 29.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 69
  30. 30.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 3
  31. 31.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 17
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 21
  33. 33.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  35. 35.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 55 (d) 27
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 5
  38. 38.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 76
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −42 (c) 28 (d) 52
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 44

Answer key

  1. 23
  2. −3
  3. 11
  4. 10
  5. −5
  6. −4
  7. 38
  8. 30
  9. −7
  10. 45
  11. −2
  12. −11
  13. 1
  14. −8
  15. −6
  16. −8
  17. 4
  18. −30
  19. 21
  20. −9
  21. 10
  22. −16
  23. −7
  24. −13
  25. −31
  26. 41
  27. 12
  28. 22
  29. −1
  30. −3
  31. −7
  32. 13
  33. −9
  34. −3
  35. 17
  36. 9
  37. 15
  38. −6
  39. 42
  40. 34

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