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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 542 · 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 sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 29 (c) 47 (d) −37
  3. 3.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 77 (d) −1
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) −1
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) −40
  6. 6.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) 4
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  8. 8.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) 36 (c) 14 (d) 46
  9. 9.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) −12 (d) −2
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −40 (b) 20 (c) 50 (d) 40
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 14
  12. 12.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 17 (d) −9
  13. 13.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 2 (d) −2
  14. 14.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 22 (d) 34
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 3
  17. 17.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 47
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 51 (c) 19 (d) 41
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 21
  20. 20.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) −21
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −22 (c) 22 (d) 32
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 8
  23. 23.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 3
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 1
  26. 26.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) 60 (c) 48 (d) −48
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 2
  28. 28.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 48 (c) −38 (d) 38
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 19 (d) 27
  31. 31.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 83
  32. 32.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −45 (b) −35 (c) 59 (d) 45
  33. 33.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) −24 (c) −34 (d) 34
  34. 34.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  35. 35.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 9
  36. 36.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  37. 37.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 22 (d) 0
  38. 38.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 28
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) −1 (d) −15
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −38 (b) 32 (c) 48 (d) 38

Answer key

  1. −7
  2. 37
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. 40
  6. 4
  7. 6
  8. 36
  9. −12
  10. 40
  11. −8
  12. −9
  13. −2
  14. −9
  15. 34
  16. 3
  17. −29
  18. 41
  19. 11
  20. −31
  21. 22
  22. −8
  23. 7
  24. 25
  25. 0
  26. −48
  27. 2
  28. −1
  29. 38
  30. 27
  31. −9
  32. −45
  33. −34
  34. 16
  35. −9
  36. 7
  37. 0
  38. 6
  39. 15
  40. 38

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