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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 325 · 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 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) −3
  2. 2.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 13 (d) −3
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −35
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −43 (c) 53 (d) 43
  6. 6.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  7. 7.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −38 (c) −28 (d) 38
  8. 8.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 57 (d) −29
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 14 (c) 30 (d) −20
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 16 (d) 2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 17 (c) 33 (d) −33
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 10 (d) 32
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  14. 14.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 72 (d) 6
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −15
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  19. 19.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 74
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 0 (d) 10
  21. 21.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) −11
  22. 22.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  23. 23.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  24. 24.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −4
  25. 25.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 66 (d) −22
  26. 26.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 12
  27. 27.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 45 (c) −5 (d) −15
  28. 28.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 67 (c) −7 (d) −17
  29. 29.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 38
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 54 (c) 26 (d) 44
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 25
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) 17
  33. 33.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 78 (c) 4 (d) −6
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) 16 (d) −40
  35. 35.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) −11 (d) −1
  36. 36.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 28
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 21
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 6 (d) 18
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 9 (c) 37 (d) 27

Answer key

  1. 21
  2. −3
  3. 35
  4. 12
  5. 43
  6. −10
  7. −38
  8. −29
  9. 20
  10. 2
  11. 33
  12. 32
  13. 15
  14. −6
  15. 14
  16. 15
  17. −4
  18. 4
  19. −34
  20. 0
  21. −21
  22. 9
  23. −18
  24. −4
  25. −22
  26. 2
  27. −15
  28. −17
  29. −16
  30. 44
  31. 25
  32. 17
  33. −6
  34. 40
  35. −11
  36. 0
  37. 29
  38. −7
  39. 18
  40. 27

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