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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 113 · 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 −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) 27
  2. 2.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 32
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 15
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) −2
  6. 6.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) −11
  7. 7.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 6
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 2
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 56 (b) 22 (c) −46 (d) 46
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 30
  11. 11.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 8 (d) 16
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  13. 13.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 19
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 22 (d) 30
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 13
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 3
  18. 18.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 28 (c) −4 (d) 4
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 15
  20. 20.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) 24
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 24
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 14 (d) 38
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −21
  27. 27.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) 21
  28. 28.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 1 (d) −10
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −8
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −18
  31. 31.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) −11
  32. 32.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 12
  33. 33.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 66
  34. 34.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) 23 (d) −13
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 29 (c) 35 (d) 45
  36. 36.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  37. 37.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 8
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 4 (c) 20 (d) 30
  40. 40.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7

Answer key

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

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