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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 920 · 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 sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  2. 2.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 27 (d) −1
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  4. 4.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) −2
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 23 (c) 29 (d) −29
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) 28
  7. 7.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) 8
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) −11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) 18 (d) −22
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) 27 (d) 17
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 18
  14. 14.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 18
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 9
  16. 16.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 10
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 33 (c) 45 (d) −35
  21. 21.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 16
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 28 (d) 22
  23. 23.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) 78 (d) −18
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  26. 26.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) −2
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  29. 29.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 36 (d) −10
  30. 30.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) 23 (d) 13
  31. 31.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 22 (d) −2
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 10 (c) −28 (d) 28
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) −27
  35. 35.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 36 (d) 10
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 15
  37. 37.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) 19 (d) 9
  38. 38.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 77 (d) 11
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 14

Answer key

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

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