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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 951 · 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 3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −1
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 16
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 19
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 11 (c) −27 (d) 27
  7. 7.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  8. 8.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 18
  9. 9.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −46 (b) 58 (c) 46 (d) −36
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 31 (c) 7 (d) −7
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 21
  12. 12.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  13. 13.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 31 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 76 (d) −12
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 20
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) 7
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 5 (d) 37
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 27 (d) −3
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 4 (c) 38 (d) −28
  21. 21.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 46
  22. 22.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 63 (d) 7
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −1
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) −4
  25. 25.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 53
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 21 (d) −5
  27. 27.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 88
  28. 28.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 71 (c) −11 (d) 11
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 47
  30. 30.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 72
  31. 31.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 74
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 20
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 47
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  36. 36.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  37. 37.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) −39
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) −25
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) 15 (d) −15
  40. 40.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. −1
  2. −2
  3. 17
  4. 1
  5. 6
  6. 27
  7. −20
  8. −10
  9. −46
  10. 7
  11. −1
  12. −19
  13. 1
  14. −12
  15. 38
  16. 7
  17. 27
  18. 8
  19. −3
  20. 28
  21. −2
  22. −3
  23. 11
  24. 4
  25. 19
  26. 5
  27. −26
  28. −11
  29. 37
  30. −38
  31. 2
  32. 6
  33. 37
  34. 7
  35. −12
  36. 0
  37. −39
  38. 25
  39. 15
  40. 6

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