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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 343 · 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 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 44 (c) −44 (d) 54
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −17
  3. 3.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 73
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 24 (d) 12
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 1 (c) −10 (d) 0
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) 20
  7. 7.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) −30 (c) −20 (d) 30
  8. 8.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 38
  9. 9.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 60 (d) −22
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 6
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 26 (c) 28 (d) −28
  12. 12.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 13
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 31 (c) −7 (d) 7
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 28 (d) 8
  16. 16.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 62
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −43 (c) 43 (d) 53
  19. 19.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 3
  22. 22.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −5
  24. 24.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 63 (d) 19
  25. 25.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  26. 26.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 63 (c) 17 (d) −17
  27. 27.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 40 (d) 4
  28. 28.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) 4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 28 (d) 6
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 27
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) −25
  32. 32.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 62 (d) −34
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 6
  34. 34.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) −18 (c) 40 (d) 18
  35. 35.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 41 (c) 29 (d) 19
  36. 36.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) 6
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  38. 38.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 28 (d) −14
  39. 39.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  40. 40.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −2 (d) 2

Answer key

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

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