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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 11 · 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 −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 13
  2. 2.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) −15
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 18
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −2 (c) −22 (d) 22
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 0 (d) −18
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 12
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) 6
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 30
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 12 (d) 16
  12. 12.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 11 (d) 1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 13
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 21 (d) −15
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 23 (d) 37
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 17 (c) −27 (d) 27
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 13 (d) −5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) 2
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 22
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) 3
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 29 (c) −5 (d) −19
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  25. 25.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  26. 26.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  27. 27.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) −29 (d) 55
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) 14
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) 8
  31. 31.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 74 (c) −2 (d) −12
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) −19 (d) 19
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  34. 34.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 87 (c) −15 (d) −5
  35. 35.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 18
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 24 (d) −14
  37. 37.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 15 (d) 1
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 39 (c) 11 (d) −29
  39. 39.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −51 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) 69
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14

Answer key

  1. 29
  2. −5
  3. 2
  4. 22
  5. 7
  6. 6
  7. 18
  8. 2
  9. −4
  10. 30
  11. 6
  12. 1
  13. −7
  14. 15
  15. 27
  16. 27
  17. −15
  18. −4
  19. 26
  20. 12
  21. 25
  22. 19
  23. 2
  24. 2
  25. −6
  26. 1
  27. −39
  28. 4
  29. 4
  30. −2
  31. −12
  32. 19
  33. 19
  34. −15
  35. −6
  36. 14
  37. −1
  38. 29
  39. −51
  40. 14

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