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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 29 · 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 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 53 (b) −43 (c) 43 (d) 19
  2. 2.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 82 (c) −14 (d) 14
  5. 5.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 46 (c) −46 (d) −36
  6. 6.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 13
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 17 (d) −7
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 8
  9. 9.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 71 (c) 5 (d) −5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) −6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) 16
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 24 (c) −2 (d) 2
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 17
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) 19 (d) −31
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  16. 16.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) −23 (c) 1 (d) 23
  17. 17.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 60 (d) −18
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) −1
  19. 19.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 78 (c) −8 (d) 2
  20. 20.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  21. 21.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) −13 (d) 49
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 22 (d) 24
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 9 (d) −17
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 10
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 15 (d) 23
  27. 27.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −13 (d) −3
  28. 28.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 43 (d) 33
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) −20
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  32. 32.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) −15
  33. 33.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 9 (c) −11 (d) −1
  34. 34.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 12
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) 28
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) 7
  37. 37.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −6
  38. 38.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) −29
  39. 39.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) 3
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) 16

Answer key

  1. 43
  2. 4
  3. 8
  4. −14
  5. −46
  6. −15
  7. 7
  8. −8
  9. −5
  10. 18
  11. 16
  12. 2
  13. 7
  14. 31
  15. 18
  16. 23
  17. 18
  18. −7
  19. −8
  20. 0
  21. −23
  22. 14
  23. 9
  24. −17
  25. 4
  26. 23
  27. −3
  28. 23
  29. 20
  30. 29
  31. −13
  32. −5
  33. −11
  34. −16
  35. 40
  36. −7
  37. −6
  38. −29
  39. −7
  40. 34

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