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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 383 · 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 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) −36
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 24
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 25
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 17
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 34
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 16
  8. 8.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  9. 9.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 21
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  12. 12.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 5 (c) 37 (d) −27
  14. 14.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 23 (d) 9
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  16. 16.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −19
  17. 17.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) −52
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 9
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 27 (d) −5
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −4
  22. 22.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 26 (c) −4 (d) 6
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) −13 (d) 3
  24. 24.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 85 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 23
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 32 (d) 36
  26. 26.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 28 (c) −6 (d) 6
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 23
  28. 28.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −48 (c) −38 (d) 48
  29. 29.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 47
  30. 30.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 25 (c) 49 (d) 39
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −18
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) 7
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  36. 36.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) −27
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  39. 39.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 13
  40. 40.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 25 (c) 7 (d) −3

Answer key

  1. 36
  2. 31
  3. 2
  4. 37
  5. −7
  6. 34
  7. −8
  8. 1
  9. −1
  10. 8
  11. 19
  12. −5
  13. 27
  14. −1
  15. −4
  16. −19
  17. −52
  18. 2
  19. 9
  20. 5
  21. −4
  22. −4
  23. −3
  24. −23
  25. 36
  26. 6
  27. 13
  28. −48
  29. 23
  30. 6
  31. 20
  32. 39
  33. −8
  34. −3
  35. 7
  36. −3
  37. 27
  38. 4
  39. 7
  40. −3

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