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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 262 · 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 −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 0 (d) 24
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 21
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 19 (c) 23 (d) −23
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 9
  6. 6.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 7
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 21 (d) −39
  8. 8.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 59 (c) 35 (d) −25
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 3
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 18
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 0 (d) 32
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 3
  13. 13.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 53 (d) −15
  14. 14.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 13 (c) 35 (d) 45
  16. 16.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −34 (c) 72 (d) 34
  17. 17.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  18. 18.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 29 (c) −1 (d) 9
  19. 19.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 6
  21. 21.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) 6 (d) 40
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 2
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 24
  24. 24.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 57 (c) −37 (d) −47
  25. 25.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 11 (d) 17
  27. 27.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) −4
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) −15
  30. 30.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  31. 31.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) 16 (c) 26 (d) 2
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 8 (d) −30
  33. 33.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 50 (c) 26 (d) 16
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 29 (c) −5 (d) 15
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 27 (d) 13
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 23 (c) −45 (d) 55
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 18 (c) −24 (d) 24
  38. 38.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 58 (c) 4 (d) −6
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  40. 40.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 38 (d) 16

Answer key

  1. 14
  2. −3
  3. 18
  4. 23
  5. −1
  6. 1
  7. 39
  8. −35
  9. 7
  10. 14
  11. 22
  12. −7
  13. −25
  14. −5
  15. 35
  16. −34
  17. −15
  18. −1
  19. 3
  20. 14
  21. 30
  22. 12
  23. 4
  24. −47
  25. −7
  26. 17
  27. −14
  28. −10
  29. 15
  30. 13
  31. 16
  32. 30
  33. 16
  34. 5
  35. 3
  36. 45
  37. 24
  38. −6
  39. 2
  40. 6

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