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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 317 · 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 −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 19
  2. 2.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  3. 3.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) 18
  5. 5.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  6. 6.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 21
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −14
  8. 8.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 5
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) −3
  11. 11.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 15
  12. 12.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) 11
  13. 13.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 30
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 18
  15. 15.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 7
  16. 16.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 56 (d) 4
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) 38
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 24
  20. 20.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 18 (c) −10 (d) 0
  21. 21.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 31 (d) 9
  22. 22.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  23. 23.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −8
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) 11
  25. 25.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 40
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 17 (d) 39
  27. 27.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 3 (c) 19 (d) −19
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 18 (d) 26
  30. 30.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  31. 31.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 39 (c) 9 (d) −9
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 21
  33. 33.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 17 (d) 15
  34. 34.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 6
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −12
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 31
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 8 (d) 28
  38. 38.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  39. 39.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  40. 40.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 11 (d) 15

Answer key

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

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