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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 482 · 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 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) −35 (d) 17
  2. 2.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 23 (c) 15 (d) −15
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 29
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) 32
  5. 5.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  6. 6.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) 21 (d) −17
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) −4
  9. 9.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 11 (c) −5 (d) 5
  10. 10.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 21
  11. 11.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 4
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 18
  14. 14.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 29
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) −17
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 28
  17. 17.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 69
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) −26
  19. 19.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 37
  21. 21.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 69 (d) −5
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) 3
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) 38
  24. 24.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −7
  25. 25.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −6
  26. 26.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −2
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  28. 28.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 15
  29. 29.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  30. 30.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 12
  31. 31.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −18
  34. 34.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −27 (b) 71 (c) −37 (d) 37
  35. 35.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −3 (d) 7
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 20
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 7 (d) −5
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 24
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) −19 (c) 13 (d) 19

Answer key

  1. 35
  2. 15
  3. 37
  4. 22
  5. −7
  6. −14
  7. 17
  8. 4
  9. −5
  10. −3
  11. 5
  12. 14
  13. 14
  14. −29
  15. 17
  16. 18
  17. 1
  18. 26
  19. 1
  20. 27
  21. 5
  22. −7
  23. 28
  24. 7
  25. −6
  26. −2
  27. 0
  28. 1
  29. −6
  30. −12
  31. −2
  32. 2
  33. 18
  34. −37
  35. 7
  36. −4
  37. 31
  38. 5
  39. 16
  40. 19

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