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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 216 · 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.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 43
  3. 3.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 49 (c) 11 (d) −1
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 23 (c) 35 (d) −25
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) −9
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) −7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 70 (c) 0 (d) −10
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 27
  9. 9.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 46 (c) −16 (d) 16
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 18
  11. 11.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 68 (c) 0 (d) −10
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  13. 13.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 31 (d) 1
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 0 (d) 26
  15. 15.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) −2
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) −44 (c) 44 (d) 54
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 34
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 20
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −26
  21. 21.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 61
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  23. 23.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 16 (d) −10
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 10 (d) 44
  25. 25.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 13
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 5
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 47 (c) 57 (d) −47
  28. 28.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 45 (d) −17
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −23
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 12 (c) 28 (d) −12
  31. 31.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 29
  32. 32.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 34 (c) −10 (d) 10
  33. 33.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 49 (c) 15 (d) −5
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 8 (c) −22 (d) 22
  35. 35.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  36. 36.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 46
  37. 37.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −49 (c) 59 (d) −39
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −44 (c) 54 (d) 44
  39. 39.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −43 (c) 61 (d) −33
  40. 40.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 13 (d) 5

Answer key

  1. 16
  2. 33
  3. −11
  4. 25
  5. −9
  6. 7
  7. −10
  8. 17
  9. −16
  10. 8
  11. −10
  12. −1
  13. −9
  14. 16
  15. 2
  16. 7
  17. −44
  18. 34
  19. 10
  20. 26
  21. −37
  22. −4
  23. 10
  24. 34
  25. −13
  26. 3
  27. 47
  28. 17
  29. 23
  30. 12
  31. 9
  32. 0
  33. 5
  34. 22
  35. −1
  36. 8
  37. −49
  38. 44
  39. −43
  40. −5

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