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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 419 · 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 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 20 (c) 42 (d) 32
  2. 2.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 77 (c) −39 (d) −29
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 14
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) 9
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 34
  6. 6.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  7. 7.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 44 (d) 20
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 24
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) 11
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  11. 11.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −33 (c) −23 (d) 33
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  13. 13.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 80
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 28 (d) 40
  17. 17.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) 8
  18. 18.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) −6
  19. 19.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 78 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) −20
  20. 20.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  21. 21.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) −16
  22. 22.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 20 (d) 8
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 1
  24. 24.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) −8
  25. 25.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 12
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) −8
  27. 27.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 49 (d) 1
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) 13
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) −5 (c) 19 (d) 29
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 24 (c) 10 (d) 20
  31. 31.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 65 (d) −7
  32. 32.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) −5
  33. 33.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 11
  34. 34.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) −51
  35. 35.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 16
  36. 36.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 79 (c) −15 (d) −25
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 12
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) −3 (d) 21
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 22 (d) −4

Answer key

  1. 32
  2. −39
  3. −6
  4. −1
  5. 24
  6. 7
  7. 10
  8. 24
  9. −11
  10. 20
  11. −33
  12. 9
  13. −20
  14. −6
  15. −8
  16. 30
  17. −8
  18. −16
  19. −30
  20. 1
  21. −16
  22. −8
  23. −9
  24. −8
  25. 2
  26. −8
  27. −9
  28. 3
  29. 19
  30. 10
  31. −17
  32. −5
  33. 9
  34. −51
  35. −4
  36. −25
  37. 34
  38. 21
  39. 38
  40. −4

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