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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 176 · 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 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) −26
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 30 (d) 42
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 2
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −16
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 18 (c) 44 (d) 34
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −21
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 33
  9. 9.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 22 (d) 10
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 1
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) 11
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −17
  13. 13.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −32 (c) 50 (d) 32
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −23
  17. 17.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 47 (d) 17
  18. 18.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  19. 19.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 14
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) 50
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 24
  22. 22.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 4 (c) −12 (d) 12
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 29 (c) −39 (d) 39
  24. 24.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 72 (c) 10 (d) 0
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 8 (d) 14
  26. 26.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 51
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) −14
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 11
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −19 (d) −9
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 39 (c) 49 (d) −39
  31. 31.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 1 (d) 11
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 23
  33. 33.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 74 (c) 0 (d) −10
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 17 (d) 29
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 24
  36. 36.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) −31
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 36
  38. 38.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 3
  39. 39.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 58 (d) −4
  40. 40.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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