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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 490 · 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 −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) 6 (d) −30
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 8 (c) −26 (d) 36
  3. 3.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  4. 4.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 17 (d) 11
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 24
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 25 (d) 19
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 2 (d) 34
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) 15
  9. 9.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −1
  10. 10.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) −2 (d) 2
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −17
  12. 12.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) 1
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 54 (c) 44 (d) −44
  14. 14.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 71 (d) −5
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  16. 16.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) −8
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 17
  18. 18.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  19. 19.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 2
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 27 (c) 13 (d) 3
  22. 22.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 28 (d) 20
  23. 23.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −3 (d) −13
  25. 25.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) −48
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 27
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 42
  28. 28.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −38 (c) −28 (d) 38
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 2
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 20 (d) 18
  31. 31.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 71 (c) −39 (d) 39
  32. 32.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) 1 (d) −9
  33. 33.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −9
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) 19
  35. 35.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 71
  36. 36.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 28 (d) 2
  37. 37.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) −3
  38. 38.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) 9
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) −27
  40. 40.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 80 (c) −10 (d) −20

Answer key

  1. 30
  2. 26
  3. −9
  4. 11
  5. 14
  6. 9
  7. 24
  8. 5
  9. −1
  10. 2
  11. −7
  12. 1
  13. 44
  14. −5
  15. 14
  16. −8
  17. 5
  18. −10
  19. −8
  20. 21
  21. 3
  22. 10
  23. −4
  24. −13
  25. −48
  26. 11
  27. 32
  28. −38
  29. 2
  30. 18
  31. −39
  32. −9
  33. −9
  34. 37
  35. −3
  36. −8
  37. −3
  38. −9
  39. 27
  40. −20

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