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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 412 · 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 −3 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) −11
  3. 3.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
  4. 4.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 6
  5. 5.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 92
  6. 6.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) −7
  8. 8.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 32 (d) −8
  10. 10.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) −15
  12. 12.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 64 (d) 4
  13. 13.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 25 (c) −1 (d) 1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) 22
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) −2
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) 13
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) −34 (d) 44
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) −4
  19. 19.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 48
  20. 20.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) 78 (c) −22 (d) −12
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −19
  22. 22.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 60 (c) −10 (d) 20
  23. 23.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −23 (c) 35 (d) 23
  24. 24.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 17
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 9
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 9 (c) 33 (d) 43
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −45 (c) 55 (d) 23
  30. 30.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 55 (c) 11 (d) 21
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) −6
  32. 32.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  33. 33.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 3 (d) −3
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  35. 35.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  36. 36.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 26
  37. 37.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 0
  38. 38.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 14
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −3
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) −22

Answer key

  1. 8
  2. −11
  3. −7
  4. −6
  5. −22
  6. −6
  7. −17
  8. −9
  9. 8
  10. 0
  11. 15
  12. 4
  13. −1
  14. 18
  15. 2
  16. 3
  17. 34
  18. −14
  19. −36
  20. −22
  21. 19
  22. 10
  23. −23
  24. −13
  25. 20
  26. 27
  27. 15
  28. 33
  29. 45
  30. 11
  31. 6
  32. −8
  33. 3
  34. 11
  35. −6
  36. 16
  37. −6
  38. 10
  39. −3
  40. 22

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