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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 421 · 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 −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) 34
  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) −32 (c) 42 (d) 32
  3. 3.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 0
  4. 4.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −22 (c) −2 (d) 12
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 22
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 13
  8. 8.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 23 (d) 7
  10. 10.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  11. 11.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  12. 12.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) −25 (c) −35 (d) 35
  13. 13.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) −8
  14. 14.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) −14
  15. 15.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) 23 (c) −35 (d) 45
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 10 (d) 32
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 27 (c) 33 (d) −33
  19. 19.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 44 (d) 12
  20. 20.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 21 (d) 11
  22. 22.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  23. 23.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 56 (c) 26 (d) −26
  24. 24.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 13 (d) −5
  25. 25.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 79 (b) −11 (c) −21 (d) 21
  26. 26.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 11
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 0
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) −29
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  30. 30.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  31. 31.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 26
  32. 32.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 19 (c) 33 (d) 23
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 23 (c) 49 (d) 39
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) 19
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 25
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −6 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 1
  39. 39.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) 2
  40. 40.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. 24
  2. 32
  3. −10
  4. −12
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. −3
  8. 1
  9. −7
  10. 11
  11. −4
  12. −35
  13. 8
  14. −14
  15. 35
  16. 32
  17. 13
  18. 33
  19. 12
  20. −1
  21. 11
  22. −7
  23. −26
  24. −15
  25. −21
  26. −13
  27. 20
  28. 29
  29. 13
  30. 4
  31. 4
  32. −4
  33. 23
  34. 39
  35. 41
  36. 1
  37. 18
  38. 1
  39. −2
  40. −4

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