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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 436 · 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 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 13 (d) 31
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 25
  5. 5.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 31 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 19
  7. 7.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 9
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  9. 9.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  10. 10.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 27
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 8
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 19 (d) −3
  13. 13.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 57
  14. 14.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 12 (c) −4 (d) 4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 7
  16. 16.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  17. 17.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) 9
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  19. 19.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  20. 20.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 19
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 5
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 17 (c) 35 (d) 45
  25. 25.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 57 (d) −23
  26. 26.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 46 (d) 18
  27. 27.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 19
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) 17
  29. 29.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  30. 30.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) −7 (d) 3
  31. 31.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 8 (c) 10 (d) 20
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) 24
  34. 34.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 35 (c) 21 (d) −11
  35. 35.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) −42 (c) 66 (d) 42
  36. 36.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −14 (d) 8
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 28
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  39. 39.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 17 (d) 13

Answer key

  1. 31
  2. 7
  3. 4
  4. 3
  5. −4
  6. 9
  7. 3
  8. 38
  9. 6
  10. −1
  11. −12
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. 4
  15. −3
  16. −2
  17. −1
  18. 6
  19. 1
  20. −6
  21. 2
  22. 9
  23. −11
  24. 35
  25. −23
  26. 18
  27. 17
  28. 21
  29. −1
  30. −7
  31. −1
  32. 10
  33. 14
  34. 11
  35. −42
  36. −14
  37. 8
  38. 13
  39. 2
  40. 13

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