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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 223 · 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 −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 10
  2. 2.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 21
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) 8 (d) −16
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  9. 9.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) −8 (d) −18
  11. 11.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 7
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 8 (c) −30 (d) 40
  13. 13.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 64 (c) 36 (d) −36
  14. 14.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 66
  15. 15.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 13 (d) −9
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 5 (d) −17
  17. 17.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 18
  18. 18.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 88 (c) −18 (d) 28
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 11
  21. 21.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 45 (c) 23 (d) −13
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) 6 (d) −4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 72
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 33
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  27. 27.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 25
  28. 28.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) 16
  29. 29.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  30. 30.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −33 (c) −43 (d) 43
  31. 31.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 16 (c) −8 (d) 8
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 20
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 13
  35. 35.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 11 (d) −5
  36. 36.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) 12
  37. 37.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) −18
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 6
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 14 (d) 20
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) 23

Answer key

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

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