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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 509 · 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 −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  2. 2.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 21
  3. 3.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) 9
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −8 (d) 8
  6. 6.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) 33 (d) −23
  8. 8.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) −14
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 35 (d) 5
  10. 10.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 47 (d) 37
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 17
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 13 (c) 29 (d) 39
  14. 14.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 54
  15. 15.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −12 (d) −2
  16. 16.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 6
  17. 17.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 43 (d) −15
  18. 18.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 6
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) −10 (d) 10
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) 28
  21. 21.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) −17
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 19 (c) −35 (d) 35
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 8 (d) 32
  24. 24.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 48 (c) 36 (d) 26
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 22 (c) −10 (d) 0
  26. 26.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
  27. 27.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) −36 (d) 56
  28. 28.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 11 (d) −9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  30. 30.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 44 (d) 20
  31. 31.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 1
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  33. 33.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 97 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 0
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 26
  37. 37.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 13 (d) −15
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d) 30
  39. 39.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 14
  40. 40.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. 3
  3. −9
  4. −1
  5. 8
  6. −13
  7. 23
  8. −4
  9. 25
  10. 27
  11. 31
  12. 17
  13. 29
  14. −22
  15. −12
  16. −6
  17. −25
  18. 0
  19. 0
  20. 42
  21. −17
  22. 35
  23. 22
  24. 26
  25. 0
  26. 17
  27. −36
  28. 9
  29. 13
  30. 20
  31. −1
  32. 22
  33. −19
  34. 16
  35. 22
  36. 4
  37. −15
  38. 30
  39. 14
  40. −9

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