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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 414 · 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 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) −9
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 32
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) 12
  4. 4.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 56 (c) −44 (d) 44
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  9. 9.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 47
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −18
  12. 12.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 62 (d) −10
  13. 13.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 85 (d) −13
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  16. 16.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  17. 17.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 61 (c) −15 (d) 15
  18. 18.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 14
  19. 19.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 27
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 22 (d) 10
  21. 21.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 53 (c) −31 (d) −21
  22. 22.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 6
  23. 23.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) −17
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −4
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  26. 26.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 57
  27. 27.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  28. 28.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −10
  29. 29.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 67 (c) −9 (d) 9
  30. 30.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 0
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 30 (c) −8 (d) 8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 18
  33. 33.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) −16 (d) 16
  34. 34.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 54 (c) 18 (d) −8
  35. 35.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −42 (c) 68 (d) −52
  36. 36.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −36 (c) −46 (d) 46
  37. 37.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 17
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 7
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) 15
  40. 40.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 57 (d) −47

Answer key

  1. 9
  2. 32
  3. 2
  4. −3
  5. 15
  6. 2
  7. −44
  8. 1
  9. −7
  10. 37
  11. 18
  12. −10
  13. 1
  14. −13
  15. −9
  16. −1
  17. −15
  18. 4
  19. −5
  20. 0
  21. −31
  22. −4
  23. −27
  24. 18
  25. 6
  26. 9
  27. 1
  28. 10
  29. −9
  30. −10
  31. 8
  32. 8
  33. −16
  34. 8
  35. −52
  36. −46
  37. 11
  38. 29
  39. 31
  40. −47

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