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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 365 · 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 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −22
  2. 2.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) 24 (c) −44 (d) 44
  5. 5.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 58 (c) −44 (d) −34
  6. 6.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) 57
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) 22
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  9. 9.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −49 (c) 69 (d) −39
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −3
  11. 11.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 0
  12. 12.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 63 (c) −7 (d) 7
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  14. 14.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 57 (d) −7
  15. 15.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 25
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −2 (c) −22 (d) 22
  18. 18.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 48
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 23 (d) 11
  20. 20.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 16 (d) 42
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) −1
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 54 (b) −44 (c) 20 (d) 44
  24. 24.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 90 (d) 18
  25. 25.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 12 (c) −10 (d) 10
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 24
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −12
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 55 (c) −45 (d) 45
  30. 30.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 6 (d) 5
  31. 31.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 48 (c) −6 (d) 16
  32. 32.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 33 (d) −23
  33. 33.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 30
  34. 34.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 7
  35. 35.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 3
  36. 36.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) 2
  37. 37.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 0 (d) −6
  38. 38.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 48
  39. 39.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −53 (b) 67 (c) −43 (d) 53
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 26

Answer key

  1. 22
  2. −9
  3. 10
  4. 44
  5. −44
  6. 21
  7. 12
  8. 1
  9. −49
  10. −3
  11. −10
  12. −7
  13. −9
  14. −17
  15. 13
  16. 27
  17. 22
  18. 12
  19. 1
  20. −10
  21. 32
  22. −11
  23. 44
  24. −18
  25. −10
  26. 0
  27. 9
  28. −12
  29. 45
  30. 5
  31. 6
  32. −33
  33. 10
  34. −3
  35. 3
  36. −8
  37. −6
  38. 22
  39. −53
  40. 4

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