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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 460 · 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 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) −27
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 16 (c) −36 (d) 46
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 24 (c) 26 (d) −16
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) 21
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) −22
  6. 6.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 67 (c) 43 (d) −43
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −25 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  8. 8.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 9 (c) 35 (d) 25
  10. 10.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 31
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −10
  12. 12.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 66 (c) 48 (d) −48
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) −16 (d) 26
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 8
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 19
  17. 17.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 66 (d) 10
  18. 18.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 81 (c) 15 (d) −15
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) −4
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 6
  22. 22.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 49 (c) −17 (d) 17
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 28 (c) −12 (d) 12
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 23 (c) 29 (d) 39
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 20
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 16
  27. 27.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −6
  30. 30.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 6
  31. 31.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 25 (d) 11
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 29 (d) 19
  33. 33.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) −14
  34. 34.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) 65
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −3 (d) 13
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  37. 37.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 62 (c) −8 (d) 18
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) 15
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 0 (c) 24 (d) −24
  40. 40.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 58 (c) −22 (d) 32

Answer key

  1. 27
  2. 36
  3. 16
  4. 29
  5. 22
  6. −43
  7. −15
  8. −9
  9. 25
  10. −31
  11. 10
  12. −48
  13. 16
  14. −4
  15. −7
  16. 9
  17. 10
  18. −15
  19. 16
  20. 6
  21. 5
  22. 17
  23. 12
  24. 29
  25. 32
  26. 14
  27. −13
  28. −5
  29. 6
  30. −4
  31. 1
  32. 9
  33. −4
  34. 9
  35. 3
  36. 12
  37. −18
  38. 13
  39. 24
  40. −32

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