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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 427 · 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 −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 32 (c) 8 (d) −32
  2. 2.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  3. 3.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  4. 4.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) 10
  5. 5.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 45
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  7. 7.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 73 (c) −15 (d) 5
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 22 (c) 6 (d) 4
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 22 (c) −44 (d) 54
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) −10
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 31
  14. 14.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 26
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  16. 16.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 14 (d) −6
  17. 17.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 26 (d) −6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) −38 (c) −28 (d) 38
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 4
  20. 20.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 49 (c) −1 (d) 1
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 31 (d) 35
  22. 22.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 40
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 23 (d) −11
  24. 24.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 34 (c) 4 (d) 6
  25. 25.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 60 (c) −12 (d) 12
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 19 (c) 25 (d) −25
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 23 (c) 9 (d) −1
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 4
  29. 29.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  31. 31.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 14
  32. 32.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 9 (d) 1
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 20 (c) 48 (d) 38
  34. 34.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) 23
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 18
  37. 37.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  38. 38.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 51
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 22
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8

Answer key

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

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