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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 517 · 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 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 52 (c) 18 (d) 42
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) −19
  3. 3.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 56 (c) −4 (d) 4
  4. 4.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  7. 7.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 52
  8. 8.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) −1 (d) 11
  9. 9.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 26
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) −25
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 15 (d) 33
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) −16
  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) −1 (b) 31 (c) 21 (d) −21
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 18 (d) −40
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) 2
  16. 16.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 1
  18. 18.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 100 (c) 20 (d) −10
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  20. 20.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) 30
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 41
  24. 24.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 46 (d) 4
  25. 25.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) −36 (c) 64 (d) 36
  26. 26.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 56 (d) 18
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) −2 (d) 2
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) −10
  30. 30.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −7
  31. 31.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 4
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −10
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) −6
  34. 34.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 12
  36. 36.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 9
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 12 (d) 16
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 29
  39. 39.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) −29 (c) −19 (d) 91
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) −2 (c) 26 (d) 16

Answer key

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

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