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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 527 · 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 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 14 (c) 46 (d) −36
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 6
  3. 3.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 31 (c) 7 (d) −7
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 10
  7. 7.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 14
  8. 8.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) −44
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −8
  10. 10.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 58
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 54 (c) −44 (d) 44
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) −19
  15. 15.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 11
  16. 16.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) −35
  17. 17.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  18. 18.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  19. 19.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 81 (b) −33 (c) −23 (d) 33
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  21. 21.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 1
  22. 22.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) −4
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 24 (c) 28 (d) −28
  24. 24.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) −15
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) 13
  26. 26.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) 78 (d) −22
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 13 (c) −25 (d) 25
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 15
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 22 (d) 10
  30. 30.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) −4
  31. 31.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 49 (c) 27 (d) −27
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 30 (c) −6 (d) 6
  33. 33.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 11
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 14
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) −4
  36. 36.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 14
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 24 (c) 26 (d) 36
  39. 39.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −2
  40. 40.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 44

Answer key

  1. 36
  2. 28
  3. −8
  4. 12
  5. 7
  6. 30
  7. −16
  8. −44
  9. 2
  10. 22
  11. 44
  12. 8
  13. −11
  14. −9
  15. 1
  16. −35
  17. −1
  18. 8
  19. −33
  20. −5
  21. −1
  22. −14
  23. 28
  24. −5
  25. 3
  26. −32
  27. 25
  28. −9
  29. −10
  30. −4
  31. −27
  32. 6
  33. −3
  34. 4
  35. −14
  36. −10
  37. −4
  38. 26
  39. −2
  40. 6

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