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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 194 · 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 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 26 (c) 32 (d) −32
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 19
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) −1
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) 18
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −14
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) −6 (d) 18
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 23 (c) −17 (d) 27
  9. 9.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 3
  10. 10.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) −26
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 6 (d) 28
  12. 12.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −2
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 30 (c) −36 (d) 36
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 7
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 11 (c) −29 (d) 39
  17. 17.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 19 (d) 11
  19. 19.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −17
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 10
  22. 22.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 66
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 4 (d) −12
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −11
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  26. 26.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) 9
  27. 27.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −8 (d) 2
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 10
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 42 (c) 20 (d) 52
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 12
  32. 32.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) −27 (d) 49
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) −2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 60 (c) 24 (d) −14
  35. 35.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) 22
  37. 37.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 44 (c) −14 (d) −4
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 18
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 37
  40. 40.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 22

Answer key

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

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