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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 491 · 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 −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 9 (d) 41
  2. 2.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 70 (c) −46 (d) 46
  3. 3.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) 3
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 32 (c) −36 (d) 46
  5. 5.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 22 (d) 16
  6. 6.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
  7. 7.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 30 (c) 10 (d) 0
  8. 8.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) −5
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 44
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −3
  12. 12.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 15 (d) 3
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) −16
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 12
  16. 16.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  17. 17.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 1
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) −3
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) 23 (c) −45 (d) 45
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 4
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 7
  22. 22.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) 24 (c) −14 (d) 4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) −49 (d) 65
  24. 24.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 18 (d) 14
  25. 25.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  26. 26.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 45 (d) 23
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 21 (d) 15
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 39
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 12 (c) 20 (d) 10
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  31. 31.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 15
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  33. 33.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −1 (d) 1
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  35. 35.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) 51 (d) −11
  36. 36.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −43 (b) 59 (c) 43 (d) −33
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) 16
  38. 38.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 26
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 10 (c) 26 (d) −26
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. 31
  2. −46
  3. 3
  4. 36
  5. 6
  6. −13
  7. 0
  8. 5
  9. −9
  10. 34
  11. −3
  12. 2
  13. 3
  14. −16
  15. −6
  16. −1
  17. −9
  18. 3
  19. 45
  20. 4
  21. 7
  22. 14
  23. −49
  24. 14
  25. −2
  26. 23
  27. 5
  28. 39
  29. 10
  30. 13
  31. −1
  32. 25
  33. −1
  34. −9
  35. 11
  36. −43
  37. 24
  38. −2
  39. 26
  40. −3

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