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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 169 · 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 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 15 (c) 39 (d) 49
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 23
  3. 3.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 71
  4. 4.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  5. 5.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −20 (d) −10
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  7. 7.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) −19 (c) 29 (d) −1
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) 16
  9. 9.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) −16
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) −15
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 13
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) −34 (d) 70
  16. 16.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  17. 17.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) −4
  19. 19.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 61 (d) −11
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) 7
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 22
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) 29
  25. 25.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −12 (d) −2
  26. 26.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −4
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 47
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 10 (d) 8
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) 4
  30. 30.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) −22
  31. 31.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 41 (c) 9 (d) −1
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 24 (d) 26
  33. 33.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 56 (d) 2
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) −13 (d) 23
  35. 35.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 8
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 14 (c) −8 (d) 8
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 17 (d) 29
  38. 38.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 70
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −5
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10

Answer key

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

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