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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 505 · 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 −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 18 (c) 48 (d) 38
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 15 (d) 39
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 26
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) −25 (d) 35
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  7. 7.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 50
  8. 8.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  9. 9.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 1
  10. 10.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 8 (d) 40
  12. 12.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 22 (d) −10
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) −1 (d) 21
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −1
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −13
  16. 16.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −45 (c) 55 (d) −55
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) −26
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 14
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 76 (c) −10 (d) 10
  21. 21.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 13
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  23. 23.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 82 (d) −12
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 17
  26. 26.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 3
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  28. 28.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 15 (d) 11
  30. 30.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) −39 (d) 65
  31. 31.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 83 (d) 3
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  33. 33.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 41 (d) 29
  34. 34.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 11
  35. 35.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) −33
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 28
  37. 37.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 56 (d) 10
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  39. 39.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 36 (d) 2
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 4

Answer key

  1. 38
  2. 39
  3. 26
  4. −7
  5. 25
  6. −8
  7. 10
  8. −2
  9. −1
  10. −5
  11. 30
  12. 0
  13. 21
  14. −1
  15. 13
  16. −55
  17. 26
  18. 8
  19. −2
  20. −10
  21. −1
  22. −6
  23. −22
  24. −3
  25. 5
  26. 3
  27. 22
  28. 0
  29. 1
  30. −39
  31. −3
  32. 1
  33. 19
  34. −3
  35. −33
  36. 12
  37. 0
  38. −4
  39. 2
  40. 4

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