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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 234 · 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 −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −45 (b) 23 (c) 55 (d) 45
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 21 (c) −41 (d) 41
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 0
  5. 5.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 15
  6. 6.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 48 (d) −34
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 6
  9. 9.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) −15
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) 11
  11. 11.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  12. 12.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 59 (d) −13
  13. 13.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 51 (c) −13 (d) 13
  14. 14.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 70 (d) 14
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 30 (d) 8
  16. 16.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) −44 (d) 62
  17. 17.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 41 (d) 3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) 15
  19. 19.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 56
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  22. 22.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) 8 (d) −2
  23. 23.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  24. 24.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) 13
  27. 27.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 35 (d) 7
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 21 (c) −45 (d) 55
  29. 29.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 47 (d) −1
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 23
  32. 32.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 88 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) −24
  33. 33.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 80 (c) 22 (d) −12
  34. 34.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) 6 (d) −4
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 7
  36. 36.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 60
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 25 (c) −27 (d) 27
  38. 38.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 33 (c) 45 (d) 35

Answer key

  1. 45
  2. 1
  3. 41
  4. 0
  5. 5
  6. −12
  7. −34
  8. −10
  9. −5
  10. 1
  11. 1
  12. 13
  13. 13
  14. 4
  15. 8
  16. −44
  17. 3
  18. 5
  19. −14
  20. 33
  21. 10
  22. −2
  23. 7
  24. −8
  25. −7
  26. 13
  27. −7
  28. 45
  29. −1
  30. 44
  31. 11
  32. −24
  33. −22
  34. −4
  35. −3
  36. −20
  37. 27
  38. −19
  39. 6
  40. 35

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