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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 239 · 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 −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) −20 (d) 30
  2. 2.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) 26 (c) 2 (d) 16
  3. 3.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 55 (d) −29
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  5. 5.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 63
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −1
  8. 8.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −11
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 15
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 7 (c) −11 (d) 11
  11. 11.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 44 (d) −6
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 9
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 49
  14. 14.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 12
  15. 15.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 34
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 1
  20. 20.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  21. 21.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 34 (c) −6 (d) 16
  22. 22.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) 35 (c) 23 (d) −25
  23. 23.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  24. 24.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 38 (c) −6 (d) 16
  25. 25.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −2
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 27
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 6 (d) 32
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) 36
  29. 29.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −6
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 52 (c) 42 (d) −42
  31. 31.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  32. 32.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 51 (d) 9
  33. 33.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 8
  34. 34.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) −1
  35. 35.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) −2
  36. 36.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  37. 37.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 40 (d) −4
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) 1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 30 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  40. 40.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 14

Answer key

  1. 20
  2. 16
  3. −29
  4. 38
  5. 1
  6. 2
  7. −1
  8. −1
  9. 37
  10. 11
  11. 6
  12. 9
  13. 39
  14. 2
  15. −14
  16. 34
  17. 5
  18. 3
  19. 11
  20. −8
  21. 6
  22. 25
  23. −3
  24. −16
  25. 2
  26. 39
  27. 22
  28. 26
  29. 6
  30. 42
  31. −12
  32. 9
  33. −8
  34. −11
  35. −2
  36. −15
  37. −4
  38. 1
  39. 8
  40. −4

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