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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 980 · 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 −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −4 (d) 26
  2. 2.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 5 (d) −1
  3. 3.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 56 (d) 16
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 11
  5. 5.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  6. 6.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 6
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 8
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 23 (c) −7 (d) 7
  9. 9.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 11
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 19 (c) −37 (d) 47
  11. 11.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
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) −6
  13. 13.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 14
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  16. 16.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 45 (c) −9 (d) 19
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 8 (d) −8
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) 13
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 21
  22. 22.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −5 (d) −15
  23. 23.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 32 (d) 4
  24. 24.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) 18
  25. 25.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  26. 26.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  27. 27.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 56 (c) 8 (d) 18
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 14
  29. 29.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 55 (d) −1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 30
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 32
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 2
  34. 34.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 25 (d) 21
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 0
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 9 (d) 39
  38. 38.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 36
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −4

Answer key

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

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