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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 348 · 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 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 29
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −19
  3. 3.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 19 (d) −5
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) 29
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) 15 (d) 29
  6. 6.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 16
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −1 (c) −7 (d) 7
  8. 8.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) 33 (c) −23 (d) 21
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 3
  10. 10.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 86 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 32
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  13. 13.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −10
  14. 14.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) 8
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 10
  16. 16.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 21 (c) −7 (d) 3
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 1
  18. 18.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 20
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 10
  20. 20.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 15
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 20
  22. 22.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 29
  23. 23.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 29
  25. 25.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 26
  26. 26.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 8 (d) 14
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) 5
  28. 28.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 3
  29. 29.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  30. 30.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 16
  31. 31.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 73 (c) 1 (d) 11
  32. 32.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) −8
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 24 (c) 0 (d) 10
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  35. 35.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 61 (c) 27 (d) 17
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 11
  37. 37.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 15
  39. 39.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13

Answer key

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

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