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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 17 · 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 −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) −27
  2. 2.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) −32
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) −13
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 13 (d) 19
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) 6
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 38
  8. 8.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 19
  9. 9.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 83
  10. 10.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 0
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  12. 12.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 68 (c) −32 (d) −42
  13. 13.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 29
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 9 (d) 3
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −3
  16. 16.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) −19 (c) 91 (d) 29
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 11 (d) −5
  18. 18.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 68 (d) 2
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) −19
  20. 20.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  21. 21.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) 16
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −44 (c) 54 (d) 20
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 11
  24. 24.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 30
  25. 25.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 78 (c) −2 (d) 12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 8 (c) 42 (d) 32
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) 14
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 28
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) 25 (c) −45 (d) 45
  31. 31.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −12
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 41
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 2
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 27
  36. 36.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  37. 37.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 81
  38. 38.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  39. 39.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 13 (d) 27

Answer key

  1. 27
  2. 12
  3. 32
  4. 13
  5. 19
  6. −6
  7. 28
  8. −7
  9. −29
  10. 0
  11. −1
  12. −42
  13. 5
  14. 3
  15. 3
  16. −29
  17. −5
  18. −2
  19. −9
  20. −1
  21. 6
  22. 44
  23. 17
  24. 4
  25. 2
  26. 32
  27. −1
  28. 28
  29. 12
  30. 45
  31. 0
  32. −2
  33. 31
  34. −2
  35. 39
  36. 1
  37. −7
  38. −5
  39. −4
  40. 17

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