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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 868 · 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 −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 55 (c) −45 (d) 45
  2. 2.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 76
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 13
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −8
  6. 6.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) −6
  7. 7.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  9. 9.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 14 (c) −26 (d) 36
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −13
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −6
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 13
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 35
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 11
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) 2
  17. 17.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 8 (c) 38 (d) 28
  19. 19.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) −4 (d) 5
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 26 (c) 28 (d) 38
  22. 22.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 62 (c) 48 (d) −48
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 50
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 16
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) 21 (d) −37
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 10 (d) 34
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10
  28. 28.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 9 (d) 1
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 23 (c) −17 (d) 17
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 25
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 17 (c) 31 (d) 21
  34. 34.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  36. 36.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 16
  37. 37.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  38. 38.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) −8
  39. 39.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) 18 (c) −42 (d) 42
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −3

Answer key

  1. 45
  2. −8
  3. 10
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. −6
  7. 4
  8. −6
  9. 9
  10. 26
  11. 13
  12. 16
  13. 23
  14. 25
  15. 3
  16. 24
  17. −8
  18. 28
  19. −5
  20. 6
  21. 28
  22. −48
  23. 40
  24. 22
  25. 37
  26. 24
  27. 10
  28. −1
  29. 7
  30. 17
  31. 1
  32. 3
  33. 21
  34. −1
  35. 7
  36. −6
  37. 0
  38. −8
  39. 42
  40. −3

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