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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 394 · 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 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 49
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 18 (d) 10
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 24 (c) 36 (d) 46
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −8
  7. 7.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −24 (c) −34 (d) 34
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 22
  9. 9.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 55 (c) −55 (d) −45
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) −13
  11. 11.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 52 (c) 68 (d) −52
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 13
  13. 13.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 51 (c) −27 (d) 27
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −2
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 8
  16. 16.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 66 (c) 4 (d) −4
  17. 17.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  18. 18.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 80
  19. 19.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  20. 20.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) 7 (d) −3
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 32 (c) −36 (d) 36
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 20
  23. 23.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 84 (d) −10
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 5 (c) 23 (d) −23
  25. 25.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 53
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 16
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) 23
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 44
  29. 29.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) 56 (d) −36
  30. 30.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −9
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 8
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 23 (d) 45
  33. 33.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
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 29
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) 9
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 34
  38. 38.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) −1
  39. 39.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −28 (c) −38 (d) 38
  40. 40.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 10

Answer key

  1. 39
  2. 0
  3. 10
  4. 0
  5. 36
  6. −8
  7. −34
  8. 12
  9. −55
  10. 13
  11. −52
  12. 25
  13. 27
  14. −2
  15. 10
  16. −4
  17. 4
  18. −34
  19. 3
  20. −3
  21. 36
  22. 36
  23. −10
  24. 23
  25. −33
  26. 14
  27. 13
  28. 34
  29. −36
  30. −9
  31. −8
  32. 35
  33. 31
  34. 29
  35. −1
  36. 16
  37. 24
  38. 1
  39. −38
  40. −6

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