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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 373 · 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 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) −32
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) −39
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 38 (c) 48 (d) −38
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 29
  5. 5.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −12 (c) 8 (d) 12
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −21 (c) 11 (d) −1
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −2
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 28
  10. 10.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 48
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 11
  12. 12.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 6
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 15
  14. 14.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 11
  15. 15.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −52 (c) −42 (d) 64
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 15
  17. 17.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) −27
  18. 18.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  19. 19.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 21
  20. 20.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 33
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −15
  23. 23.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) 10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 56 (c) 12 (d) −12
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 8 (d) 40
  26. 26.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 5
  27. 27.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 74 (c) 22 (d) −22
  28. 28.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 69 (c) −21 (d) −31
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −19 (c) −29 (d) 29
  30. 30.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  31. 31.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 84
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 4
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) 2
  34. 34.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 18
  35. 35.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 13
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  39. 39.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 18 (c) −10 (d) 10
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 29 (c) −7 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. 32
  2. 39
  3. 38
  4. 29
  5. −12
  6. 2
  7. −11
  8. 2
  9. 6
  10. 4
  11. −3
  12. −12
  13. 17
  14. −5
  15. −52
  16. 15
  17. −37
  18. −12
  19. −1
  20. −3
  21. 23
  22. −5
  23. 0
  24. −12
  25. 30
  26. −1
  27. −22
  28. −31
  29. −29
  30. 6
  31. −26
  32. 8
  33. −2
  34. −10
  35. −3
  36. 1
  37. 6
  38. 2
  39. 0
  40. 7

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