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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 162 · 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 −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) −31
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 1 (c) 25 (d) 15
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) −13
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) 23
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 0
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) 31 (d) 13
  7. 7.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 34 (c) −6 (d) −16
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 17
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d) 30
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  13. 13.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 30 (c) 0 (d) 10
  14. 14.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) −2
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) 12
  16. 16.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 1
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) −13
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −20
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −8
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 30
  22. 22.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 54 (d) −14
  23. 23.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −14
  24. 24.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 26 (d) −40
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 25
  27. 27.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) −1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) −10
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) 24 (d) −36
  30. 30.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 31
  31. 31.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 50
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 24 (c) −40 (d) 40
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  34. 34.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 55
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 31 (d) 33
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 12 (c) −18 (d) 18
  38. 38.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 39 (c) 7 (d) −3
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 13
  40. 40.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 17

Answer key

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

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