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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 335 · 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 −4 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 23 (c) 41 (d) −31
  2. 2.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 33 (d) 9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −2
  4. 4.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 43 (c) −33 (d) 33
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) −35
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) −1
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 29 (c) −37 (d) 37
  9. 9.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 53 (c) −43 (d) −53
  10. 10.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 67
  11. 11.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 14
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 29 (c) 33 (d) −33
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  15. 15.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 59 (d) −29
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 3
  17. 17.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 70 (d) 6
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) 28
  19. 19.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  21. 21.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 61
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 13 (d) 5
  23. 23.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 30 (c) 8 (d) −8
  24. 24.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 7
  25. 25.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 26
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −4
  28. 28.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 83 (d) −25
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 26 (d) 2
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 38
  33. 33.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) −16
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  36. 36.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 51 (c) −7 (d) 17
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  39. 39.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −13
  40. 40.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 60 (d) −20

Answer key

  1. 31
  2. 9
  3. −2
  4. 14
  5. 33
  6. 35
  7. 23
  8. 37
  9. −53
  10. 13
  11. 6
  12. 33
  13. 41
  14. 17
  15. −29
  16. 3
  17. −6
  18. 18
  19. 4
  20. 10
  21. −11
  22. 5
  23. 8
  24. −3
  25. −11
  26. 10
  27. 4
  28. −25
  29. 2
  30. 12
  31. −2
  32. 28
  33. −26
  34. 16
  35. 13
  36. 7
  37. 12
  38. 16
  39. 13
  40. 20

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