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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 318 · 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 −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −43 (c) 23 (d) 53
  2. 2.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 4
  3. 3.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 43
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) −21
  6. 6.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 25
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 44
  8. 8.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  9. 9.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 4
  10. 10.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 13
  11. 11.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) −1
  12. 12.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 12
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  14. 14.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 11 (d) −5
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  16. 16.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 13
  17. 17.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 14
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 17
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −4
  21. 21.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 4
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −1 (d) 25
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 23 (c) 27 (d) −27
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 9
  25. 25.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 47 (c) 15 (d) −5
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 25 (d) −9
  27. 27.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 81 (d) −27
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 31
  29. 29.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 44 (d) −4
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 23
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  32. 32.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  34. 34.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) −8 (d) 8
  35. 35.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −39 (b) 77 (c) −29 (d) 39
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  37. 37.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 49 (c) 19 (d) −9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) −4
  39. 39.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) −8
  40. 40.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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