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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 371 · 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 −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 4
  2. 2.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) −4
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) 8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  6. 6.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 34 (d) 0
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 20 (c) 32 (d) 42
  8. 8.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  9. 9.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 75 (c) 1 (d) −9
  10. 10.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −1
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 46 (c) −36 (d) 34
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 10
  13. 13.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 37 (c) 47 (d) −37
  15. 15.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) −6 (d) 6
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 2
  17. 17.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) −21 (d) 31
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 23 (c) −9 (d) 9
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) −2
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 6
  21. 21.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −1
  23. 23.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 75 (d) 1
  24. 24.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 12 (d) 4
  25. 25.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  27. 27.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) −15
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −6 (d) 4
  29. 29.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 21
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) −18
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  33. 33.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) −6
  34. 34.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −43 (c) −33 (d) 43
  35. 35.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 62 (c) 4 (d) 6
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 9 (c) −31 (d) 31
  37. 37.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) −4
  38. 38.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  39. 39.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 36 (c) 50 (d) −26
  40. 40.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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