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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 468 · 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 −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) 28
  2. 2.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  4. 4.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 75 (d) 1
  5. 5.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 5
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) 4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 76
  8. 8.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) −1
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 6 (d) 14
  10. 10.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 54 (d) 4
  11. 11.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −18
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 26 (c) 14 (d) −4
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 63 (c) −53 (d) −43
  15. 15.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) −31
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −14
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 29
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 12
  19. 19.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 98 (d) −18
  20. 20.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 52 (d) 18
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 8
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 14
  23. 23.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 88 (c) −14 (d) −4
  24. 24.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 40 (c) 2 (d) −2
  25. 25.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −13 (d) −3
  26. 26.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 24
  27. 27.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 9
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 8 (c) 42 (d) 32
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 26 (c) 44 (d) 34
  30. 30.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) 10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) −18 (d) 84
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 21
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 39 (c) 17 (d) 49
  34. 34.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 51
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −9
  37. 37.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) −14
  38. 38.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  39. 39.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  40. 40.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

Answer key

  1. 18
  2. −5
  3. −6
  4. −1
  5. −1
  6. 28
  7. −14
  8. 1
  9. 14
  10. 4
  11. −8
  12. 4
  13. 26
  14. −53
  15. −31
  16. 14
  17. 29
  18. 12
  19. −18
  20. 18
  21. 22
  22. 38
  23. −14
  24. 2
  25. −13
  26. −4
  27. −1
  28. 32
  29. 34
  30. −10
  31. −28
  32. 7
  33. 39
  34. −13
  35. 24
  36. −9
  37. −4
  38. −10
  39. 3
  40. 30

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