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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 247 · 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 −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 5 (c) 29 (d) 39
  2. 2.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 62 (b) −48 (c) −38 (d) 48
  3. 3.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  4. 4.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 36 (d) 4
  5. 5.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 76 (c) 12 (d) −2
  6. 6.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 38 (c) −8 (d) 18
  7. 7.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 18
  9. 9.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 84
  10. 10.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  11. 11.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 79 (d) −41
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) −32
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) −2
  14. 14.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 54 (d) 10
  15. 15.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) −8
  16. 16.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) −24
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 9 (c) 23 (d) −23
  18. 18.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) −12
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) 24
  21. 21.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 20
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −25 (c) −15 (d) −5
  23. 23.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) −6
  24. 24.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 3
  25. 25.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −1
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 10 (d) 22
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −11 (d) −1
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 18
  30. 30.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  31. 31.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 2
  32. 32.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) −17
  33. 33.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) 17
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 0
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 20
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 4
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 29 (c) 9 (d) −29
  40. 40.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 4

Answer key

  1. 29
  2. −48
  3. 13
  4. −4
  5. −12
  6. −18
  7. −3
  8. 8
  9. −6
  10. −24
  11. −41
  12. 32
  13. 2
  14. 10
  15. −8
  16. −24
  17. 23
  18. −22
  19. −2
  20. 14
  21. 18
  22. −15
  23. −6
  24. −7
  25. −7
  26. 12
  27. 10
  28. −11
  29. 6
  30. 13
  31. 2
  32. −17
  33. −12
  34. 7
  35. 9
  36. −10
  37. 6
  38. 12
  39. 29
  40. 4

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