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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 105 · 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 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  2. 2.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  3. 3.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 87
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 7
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 23 (c) 55 (d) −45
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 30
  7. 7.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  8. 8.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 57 (c) 37 (d) −27
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 33 (d) −35
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) −1
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 22 (c) 0 (d) 10
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 12
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −4
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) −14 (d) 24
  15. 15.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −2 (d) 2
  16. 16.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 20 (d) 22
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 10 (c) −4 (d) 4
  19. 19.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 7
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 6 (d) 28
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) −19
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  26. 26.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 36 (d) −2
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 21 (d) 43
  28. 28.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 65 (c) 45 (d) −45
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) 16 (d) −28
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 0
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 6
  34. 34.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  35. 35.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −29 (c) 59 (d) 29
  36. 36.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −40 (c) 50 (d) −50
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 27 (d) 9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 6
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. 26
  2. −5
  3. −13
  4. −3
  5. 45
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. −37
  9. 35
  10. −1
  11. 0
  12. 2
  13. 18
  14. 14
  15. −2
  16. −8
  17. 22
  18. 4
  19. −5
  20. −9
  21. 10
  22. −7
  23. 18
  24. 19
  25. 0
  26. −12
  27. 33
  28. −45
  29. 28
  30. 13
  31. 2
  32. 12
  33. 16
  34. −17
  35. −29
  36. −50
  37. 9
  38. 8
  39. 6
  40. −4

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