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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 182 · 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 −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) −10
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 16 (d) 18
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −24 (d) 34
  4. 4.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 39 (c) −11 (d) 11
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 14
  6. 6.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 43 (d) 5
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) 28 (d) −32
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −2
  11. 11.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) −35
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) −1
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 1 (c) −25 (d) 25
  14. 14.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) −23
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 16 (d) 0
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) −15 (d) 5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 27 (d) 17
  19. 19.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) −7
  20. 20.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 53 (c) 7 (d) 17
  21. 21.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 43 (c) 11 (d) −1
  22. 22.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) 30 (d) −20
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −10
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) 4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 11 (d) 17
  28. 28.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 23 (d) 5
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 57
  30. 30.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 23
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) −3
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 12 (c) 26 (d) −26
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  35. 35.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) −42
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 10
  37. 37.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 27 (c) 7 (d) −3
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 29
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 18
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) 22 (d) −26

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. 18
  3. 24
  4. 11
  5. 16
  6. 5
  7. 0
  8. 3
  9. 32
  10. 2
  11. −35
  12. 1
  13. 25
  14. −13
  15. 0
  16. −8
  17. −5
  18. 7
  19. −17
  20. 7
  21. 1
  22. 3
  23. 20
  24. 12
  25. 10
  26. 4
  27. 7
  28. −5
  29. −43
  30. −3
  31. 21
  32. −4
  33. 26
  34. −2
  35. −42
  36. 30
  37. −3
  38. 11
  39. 6
  40. 26

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