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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 893 · 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 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 29
  2. 2.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) −28
  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) −9 (d) 19
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 20 (d) 2
  5. 5.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −21
  6. 6.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) −6
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4
  8. 8.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 23
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −4
  11. 11.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  12. 12.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  13. 13.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 93 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) 21
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) 23 (d) −13
  16. 16.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 75 (c) −33 (d) −23
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 11
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 20
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 12
  20. 20.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) −14
  22. 22.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 81
  23. 23.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 2
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −46 (c) 56 (d) 22
  25. 25.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 61 (c) 23 (d) 13
  26. 26.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 22
  27. 27.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 61 (c) 7 (d) 3
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 29
  29. 29.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) −9
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 16
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 16
  32. 32.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 67
  33. 33.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 10
  34. 34.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) −16
  35. 35.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  36. 36.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 86 (d) 16
  37. 37.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) 2
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 16
  40. 40.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 60 (c) 24 (d) −24

Answer key

  1. 37
  2. −28
  3. 9
  4. −2
  5. −11
  6. 4
  7. 4
  8. −6
  9. 3
  10. −4
  11. 1
  12. −9
  13. −21
  14. 7
  15. 13
  16. −33
  17. 13
  18. 10
  19. 8
  20. 7
  21. 14
  22. −17
  23. −8
  24. 46
  25. 13
  26. −4
  27. −3
  28. 33
  29. −9
  30. −8
  31. 8
  32. 7
  33. −6
  34. −26
  35. −7
  36. −16
  37. −8
  38. 10
  39. 18
  40. −24

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