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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 186 · 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 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) 8 (d) −32
  2. 2.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 62 (c) 4 (d) −6
  3. 3.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 22
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 12 (c) −20 (d) 20
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 19 (c) −5 (d) 15
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 16 (d) 8
  7. 7.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 14
  8. 8.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) −24 (c) 50 (d) 34
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 31 (c) 33 (d) −33
  11. 11.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  12. 12.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −53 (c) −43 (d) 53
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 16 (d) −14
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  15. 15.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 42 (d) 6
  16. 16.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 37 (d) 13
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) 1
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  19. 19.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 66 (c) −22 (d) 22
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) −16
  22. 22.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) 7
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  24. 24.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 9
  25. 25.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −46 (b) 74 (c) −36 (d) 46
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) −1
  27. 27.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 26
  28. 28.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 67 (c) −49 (d) 49
  29. 29.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  30. 30.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −4
  31. 31.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) −7 (d) 3
  32. 32.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 21
  33. 33.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  34. 34.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 29 (d) −5
  37. 37.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −41 (b) −31 (c) 57 (d) 41
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 2
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) 24

Answer key

  1. 32
  2. −6
  3. 2
  4. 20
  5. 5
  6. −2
  7. −8
  8. −34
  9. −7
  10. 33
  11. −8
  12. −53
  13. 14
  14. −19
  15. 6
  16. −13
  17. 21
  18. 1
  19. −6
  20. −22
  21. −16
  22. 7
  23. 22
  24. −9
  25. −46
  26. 1
  27. −26
  28. −49
  29. 3
  30. −4
  31. −7
  32. −7
  33. 0
  34. −6
  35. 15
  36. 5
  37. −41
  38. 3
  39. 16
  40. 14

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