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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 231 · 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 −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 12 (c) 20 (d) 30
  2. 2.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 12
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 19 (d) −25
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 8
  5. 5.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  6. 6.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 29 (d) −3
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 24
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 33
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 3
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 26 (c) −44 (d) 54
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 1
  13. 13.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) −1 (c) 31 (d) 21
  16. 16.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 94 (d) 18
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 32 (c) −8 (d) 8
  18. 18.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 79 (c) 11 (d) 1
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) −32
  21. 21.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) −3
  22. 22.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −3 (d) 7
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  25. 25.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
  26. 26.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) −11
  27. 27.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 71 (c) −39 (d) −49
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 4
  30. 30.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 71 (d) −13
  31. 31.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) 2 (c) 16 (d) 26
  32. 32.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 81
  33. 33.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 49 (c) −5 (d) 5
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  35. 35.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −8 (d) 2
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  37. 37.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 5 (d) 3
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) −1
  39. 39.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  40. 40.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) 31 (c) −21 (d) 1

Answer key

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

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