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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 497 · 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 −2 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) 29 (d) −33
  2. 2.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 18
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  5. 5.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 40
  6. 6.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −37 (c) 15 (d) 47
  8. 8.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 67 (c) 23 (d) −23
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 15 (d) 5
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 13 (d) −25
  11. 11.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 15
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 0 (d) 18
  14. 14.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  16. 16.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 25 (c) 11 (d) −11
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 42
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 21 (d) 5
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) 0
  20. 20.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) 35
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 3
  22. 22.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 3
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) 15
  24. 24.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −8
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) 11 (d) −27
  26. 26.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  27. 27.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −27
  28. 28.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) 22
  29. 29.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) 4
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  31. 31.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) −26 (d) 6
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 2
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) −10
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) 6
  36. 36.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) −3
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 38 (c) 28 (d) −28
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 17
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  40. 40.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −27

Answer key

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

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