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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 255 · 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 −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 32 (c) 38 (d) −38
  2. 2.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) −7
  3. 3.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  5. 5.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) −13 (d) 67
  6. 6.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 41
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 12 (c) 34 (d) −34
  8. 8.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) 8
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) 12
  11. 11.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 28
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) 28 (d) −36
  13. 13.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −25 (c) −35 (d) 35
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  16. 16.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 10 (c) −6 (d) 16
  17. 17.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −2
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 6
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) 17 (d) −21
  21. 21.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  22. 22.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) 2 (c) 16 (d) 26
  23. 23.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) −21
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 6 (c) 15 (d) 5
  25. 25.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) 53 (d) −23
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 7
  27. 27.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 13
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 23 (c) 15 (d) 5
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 24 (c) −40 (d) 40
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 28
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −9
  33. 33.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 46 (c) −14 (d) 14
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 8
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  37. 37.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −44 (b) 70 (c) 44 (d) −34
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) −11
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 3
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) −2 (d) 16

Answer key

  1. 38
  2. −7
  3. 14
  4. 14
  5. −13
  6. 7
  7. 34
  8. 11
  9. −2
  10. 12
  11. −4
  12. 36
  13. −35
  14. −19
  15. 9
  16. −16
  17. 18
  18. −2
  19. 30
  20. 21
  21. −5
  22. 16
  23. −21
  24. 5
  25. 23
  26. 25
  27. −1
  28. 5
  29. 40
  30. 6
  31. −7
  32. −9
  33. 14
  34. −10
  35. 18
  36. 12
  37. −44
  38. −1
  39. 17
  40. 16

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