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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 531 · 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 −7 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −37 (c) 47 (d) 37
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 29 (c) 21 (d) 11
  3. 3.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 18 (c) −10 (d) 10
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 30 (d) 18
  5. 5.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  6. 6.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 15
  7. 7.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) 12
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 18
  9. 9.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  10. 10.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 2
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 2
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 22 (d) −18
  13. 13.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 11
  15. 15.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) 40 (c) 30 (d) 16
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) 19
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 28 (d) −10
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  19. 19.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 73 (c) −31 (d) 31
  20. 20.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 16 (d) 4
  21. 21.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) 32 (d) −22
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −2
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 23 (d) −1
  24. 24.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 32 (d) −22
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) −11 (d) 11
  26. 26.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 22 (d) −12
  27. 27.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 53 (c) −13 (d) 23
  28. 28.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 53 (d) −13
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  30. 30.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  32. 32.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) −1
  33. 33.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 50
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 28
  35. 35.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 26 (c) 8 (d) −2
  36. 36.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 78 (c) −38 (d) 38
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 34 (c) 24 (d) −24
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 22 (c) −4 (d) 4
  40. 40.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 9

Answer key

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

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