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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 351 · 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 −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 7
  2. 2.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  3. 3.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 25 (c) −25 (d) −15
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 17
  5. 5.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 31 (d) 7
  6. 6.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 37 (d) 13
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 13
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −8
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) −9
  12. 12.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 15 (c) 17 (d) 7
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 6 (c) −10 (d) 10
  14. 14.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) 1
  15. 15.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  16. 16.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 22 (d) 6
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 27 (c) 33 (d) −33
  18. 18.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  20. 20.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −6
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 4
  22. 22.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 3 (d) 19
  24. 24.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  25. 25.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 16
  26. 26.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 49 (c) −33 (d) 33
  27. 27.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) −3 (d) 21
  28. 28.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 8 (c) 32 (d) −32
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 23
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  32. 32.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 25
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  34. 34.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 69 (c) −47 (d) 47
  35. 35.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) 9
  36. 36.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 63 (d) −31
  37. 37.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −6
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 17
  39. 39.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) −2 (d) 2
  40. 40.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 73 (d) 15

Answer key

  1. 19
  2. −4
  3. −25
  4. −3
  5. 7
  6. −13
  7. 2
  8. 29
  9. −10
  10. −8
  11. 9
  12. 7
  13. 0
  14. 1
  15. −8
  16. −6
  17. 33
  18. −4
  19. 8
  20. 4
  21. 14
  22. 2
  23. 19
  24. 16
  25. 8
  26. −33
  27. 21
  28. 14
  29. 32
  30. 1
  31. 8
  32. −3
  33. 11
  34. −47
  35. −1
  36. −31
  37. −6
  38. 9
  39. 2
  40. −15

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