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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 137 · 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 −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
  2. 2.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) −1
  3. 3.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 13 (d) −7
  4. 4.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 54
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) 24
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  7. 7.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 58 (c) 10 (d) −10
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 30 (d) 20
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 2 (d) 26
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 16
  11. 11.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −7
  12. 12.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 33
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) −13
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 22 (d) −18
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 3 (d) 9
  16. 16.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −46 (c) 46 (d) −36
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 9 (c) −21 (d) 21
  18. 18.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 10
  19. 19.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 22
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) −8
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 24
  22. 22.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −15 (d) −5
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) 4
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 25 (d) 9
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 3
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) −4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 13 (d) 15
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 28 (c) 6 (d) 16
  29. 29.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) 2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  32. 32.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 14
  33. 33.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) −1
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 46
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 42
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 6
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 18
  38. 38.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 4 (d) −2
  39. 39.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  40. 40.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 44 (d) −22

Answer key

  1. 23
  2. −11
  3. −17
  4. 4
  5. 14
  6. 3
  7. −10
  8. 10
  9. 16
  10. 10
  11. −7
  12. −1
  13. 13
  14. 18
  15. 9
  16. −46
  17. 21
  18. 4
  19. 12
  20. 8
  21. 14
  22. −15
  23. 4
  24. 9
  25. 11
  26. −4
  27. 5
  28. 6
  29. −8
  30. −2
  31. −3
  32. 4
  33. −11
  34. 36
  35. 42
  36. 6
  37. 6
  38. −12
  39. −4
  40. −32

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