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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 238 · 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 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 4
  2. 2.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 28 (c) 40 (d) −40
  4. 4.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) −12
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 14
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 33 (c) 27 (d) −33
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) 13
  9. 9.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 22 (d) −10
  10. 10.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 21
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) −5
  12. 12.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 27 (c) 7 (d) −3
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 17
  14. 14.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) 10 (d) 38
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 14 (d) 38
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 15
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 6
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 44 (d) −16
  21. 21.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  22. 22.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 17 (c) 15 (d) −15
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) 18
  26. 26.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) 5 (c) 27 (d) 17
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 43 (c) 53 (d) −43
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 15 (d) −17
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) 1
  30. 30.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 64 (d) 2
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  32. 32.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  33. 33.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) −22
  34. 34.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 56
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 32
  36. 36.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) −4
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) −16
  38. 38.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) −24
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −15
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −35

Answer key

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

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