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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 153 · 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 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 11 (c) 41 (d) −31
  2. 2.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 16 (d) −10
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  4. 4.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 19
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) −19 (d) 29
  7. 7.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  8. 8.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 7
  9. 9.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 79 (c) −9 (d) 1
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) −6
  11. 11.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 10
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  13. 13.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) −30
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) 36
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 5
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 36
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  20. 20.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) 52
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 26
  22. 22.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 40
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 15
  24. 24.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 45 (c) −11 (d) 11
  25. 25.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 40
  26. 26.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) 5
  29. 29.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 3 (c) −5 (d) 5
  30. 30.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 22
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) 29
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 26
  34. 34.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 22
  35. 35.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 48 (d) 0
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 28 (c) 36 (d) 46
  37. 37.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 71 (d) −9
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 40
  39. 39.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 17

Answer key

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

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