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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 375 · 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 −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 44 (c) 54 (d) −44
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) 50
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) −41
  4. 4.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 8
  5. 5.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 44 (c) −20 (d) −30
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 36 (c) 14 (d) −36
  7. 7.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) −20 (c) −30 (d) 30
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 19 (c) 27 (d) −27
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  10. 10.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 60 (c) −22 (d) −12
  11. 11.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 51 (c) 37 (d) −27
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) 19 (c) −41 (d) 41
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  15. 15.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) −4 (d) 4
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 14 (d) 26
  17. 17.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) −7
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 27
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) 50
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 15 (d) 7
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 32
  23. 23.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 8
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 5 (c) −11 (d) 11
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  26. 26.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 5 (d) −5
  27. 27.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  28. 28.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) 24 (d) −14
  30. 30.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  32. 32.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 22
  33. 33.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  34. 34.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 0
  35. 35.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 58 (d) 4
  36. 36.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 31 (d) 45
  39. 39.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) −9 (d) 1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14

Answer key

  1. 44
  2. 40
  3. 41
  4. −2
  5. −30
  6. 36
  7. −30
  8. 27
  9. 5
  10. −22
  11. 27
  12. 41
  13. 3
  14. 4
  15. −4
  16. 16
  17. −17
  18. 27
  19. 40
  20. −7
  21. 14
  22. 34
  23. −8
  24. −11
  25. 9
  26. 5
  27. −1
  28. 10
  29. 14
  30. 4
  31. −4
  32. 0
  33. −9
  34. 0
  35. 4
  36. −3
  37. 17
  38. 35
  39. −9
  40. 14

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