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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 254 · 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 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 1 (c) −23 (d) 23
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) −22
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) 21 (c) −45 (d) 45
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 29 (d) 37
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −46 (b) 22 (c) 46 (d) 56
  7. 7.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 22
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 11
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 14
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 16 (d) 6
  12. 12.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 35
  13. 13.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) −5
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 23 (c) 19 (d) 9
  15. 15.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) 2
  17. 17.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 0
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 56 (c) 24 (d) −46
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 9
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) −13
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  24. 24.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 55
  25. 25.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 26
  26. 26.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 20
  27. 27.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 21 (c) 47 (d) 37
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 42
  30. 30.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 83 (d) 13
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 3
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) −1 (d) 13
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 4 (d) 18
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 19 (c) 35 (d) −25
  35. 35.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 21
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 9
  37. 37.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −1
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) 11
  39. 39.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 50 (d) −10
  40. 40.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 86

Answer key

  1. 23
  2. 22
  3. 45
  4. 37
  5. 0
  6. 46
  7. −22
  8. −9
  9. −3
  10. −2
  11. −4
  12. −13
  13. 5
  14. 9
  15. 17
  16. 2
  17. 0
  18. −3
  19. 46
  20. 0
  21. −1
  22. −13
  23. 2
  24. −5
  25. −2
  26. 2
  27. −15
  28. 37
  29. 42
  30. −13
  31. −7
  32. 13
  33. 18
  34. 25
  35. −1
  36. 33
  37. −1
  38. 1
  39. 10
  40. −32

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