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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 476 · 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 −5 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 5
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 26
  3. 3.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 50
  4. 4.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 48
  5. 5.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 10
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 6 (d) −18
  7. 7.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  8. 8.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −5
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −46 (c) 56 (d) 46
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 7
  11. 11.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 8 (d) −16
  13. 13.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 37 (d) −27
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 13 (d) −13
  16. 16.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  17. 17.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) −34 (d) 44
  18. 18.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 18
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −9
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  21. 21.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 42 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) −28
  22. 22.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 54 (d) −38
  23. 23.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  24. 24.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 40 (c) 16 (d) −16
  25. 25.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 93
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 20
  27. 27.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 57 (d) 7
  28. 28.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  29. 29.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) −40 (d) 70
  30. 30.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) −21 (d) 73
  31. 31.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) 12
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 18
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 8
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) −1 (d) 13
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 54 (c) −44 (d) 44
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −20 (c) 0 (d) −10
  37. 37.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) −30
  38. 38.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  39. 39.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 65 (c) −33 (d) 33
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. 16
  3. 12
  4. 14
  5. −4
  6. 18
  7. −10
  8. −5
  9. 46
  10. 23
  11. −7
  12. −16
  13. −11
  14. −27
  15. 13
  16. 7
  17. 34
  18. −18
  19. −9
  20. 3
  21. −28
  22. −38
  23. −10
  24. 16
  25. −27
  26. 22
  27. −7
  28. 8
  29. −40
  30. −31
  31. 12
  32. −2
  33. 12
  34. 13
  35. 44
  36. −10
  37. −30
  38. −8
  39. −33
  40. 7

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