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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 183 · 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 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  2. 2.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −1
  4. 4.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 23
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) −42 (c) 18 (d) 42
  7. 7.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 28 (c) 2 (d) 8
  8. 8.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  9. 9.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 80 (c) −10 (d) 10
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 9
  11. 11.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 86 (d) −10
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  13. 13.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) −7
  14. 14.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) −6
  15. 15.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 67 (c) −41 (d) 41
  16. 16.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  17. 17.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) −3
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 3 (d) −25
  19. 19.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  21. 21.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  22. 22.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 1
  23. 23.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 19
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  26. 26.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 22 (d) 6
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 6
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 18
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) −5
  32. 32.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) −13 (d) 7
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 32
  34. 34.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 58 (c) 2 (d) −2
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 47
  37. 37.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
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  39. 39.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16

Answer key

  1. 34
  2. 0
  3. 1
  4. −1
  5. 13
  6. 42
  7. −2
  8. −10
  9. −10
  10. −7
  11. −10
  12. −2
  13. −7
  14. −6
  15. −41
  16. 0
  17. −3
  18. 25
  19. −2
  20. −10
  21. −4
  22. 0
  23. −11
  24. 20
  25. 12
  26. −6
  27. 12
  28. 7
  29. −4
  30. 26
  31. 5
  32. −3
  33. 22
  34. 2
  35. 0
  36. 37
  37. −10
  38. 11
  39. 1
  40. 6

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