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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 246 · 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 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 11
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 13
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 2
  4. 4.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 27
  5. 5.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 8
  6. 6.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 11
  7. 7.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  8. 8.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) −8
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 3
  11. 11.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) 21
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  13. 13.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  14. 14.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) 10
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 66 (c) 38 (d) −28
  17. 17.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 41
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) −3 (c) 27 (d) 17
  19. 19.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) −4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 28 (c) 10 (d) −10
  22. 22.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) −6
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  25. 25.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) −32
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 21
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 25
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) −1
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 27 (c) 39 (d) 49
  31. 31.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) −14
  32. 32.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 27
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) 21 (d) −11
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 2 (d) 6
  35. 35.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  36. 36.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 18 (c) 14 (d) −14
  37. 37.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 69 (c) −9 (d) 9
  38. 38.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) 17
  40. 40.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15

Answer key

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

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