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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 341 · 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 −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  2. 2.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  3. 3.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 94 (d) −24
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) 3
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 22 (c) 0 (d) 10
  6. 6.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 41 (c) −15 (d) 5
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 27 (d) 41
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  9. 9.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) 8
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 21
  11. 11.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 29
  12. 12.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 50 (c) 22 (d) −12
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 21 (c) −23 (d) 33
  15. 15.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 80 (c) −22 (d) −12
  16. 16.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  17. 17.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 55 (c) 21 (d) −11
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 6
  19. 19.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −14
  20. 20.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 46 (d) −16
  21. 21.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −7
  22. 22.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 20 (d) −14
  23. 23.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 58 (c) −10 (d) 10
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  25. 25.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −1
  26. 26.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) −10
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  28. 28.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 89 (d) −15
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 24 (d) −8
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 31 (d) 39
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 5
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  34. 34.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 46 (d) −20
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 28 (d) 48
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) −34
  37. 37.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 69 (c) −19 (d) −9
  38. 38.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  39. 39.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 21 (d) 3
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) 28

Answer key

  1. 38
  2. 8
  3. −24
  4. 3
  5. 0
  6. −5
  7. 41
  8. 3
  9. −2
  10. 11
  11. −7
  12. −22
  13. −8
  14. 23
  15. −22
  16. 3
  17. 11
  18. 6
  19. −4
  20. −26
  21. −7
  22. 14
  23. 0
  24. 10
  25. −1
  26. −10
  27. 1
  28. −15
  29. 8
  30. 39
  31. 5
  32. 17
  33. −3
  34. −30
  35. 38
  36. 34
  37. −19
  38. 28
  39. −3
  40. 18

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