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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 543 · 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 −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 27
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 25 (d) 7
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 41 (d) 19
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) −10
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −44 (c) 22 (d) 54
  6. 6.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 8
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 33 (d) −35
  9. 9.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) 1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 28 (c) 4 (d) 14
  11. 11.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 11
  12. 12.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 1
  13. 13.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 4
  14. 14.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 20
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 20
  18. 18.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 28
  19. 19.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
  20. 20.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 14
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 13 (d) 11
  22. 22.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 7
  23. 23.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 7
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 26 (d) −40
  25. 25.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  26. 26.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 9 (d) 15
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  28. 28.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 11 (d) 5
  29. 29.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  30. 30.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 52 (d) −8
  31. 31.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
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 17
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 22
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) −16
  35. 35.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  36. 36.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −28 (c) 54 (d) 28
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 0 (c) 34 (d) 24
  39. 39.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 9
  40. 40.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) 6

Answer key

  1. 27
  2. 25
  3. 31
  4. 0
  5. 44
  6. 6
  7. 4
  8. 35
  9. −9
  10. 4
  11. 1
  12. 11
  13. 14
  14. −11
  15. 34
  16. 7
  17. 8
  18. −16
  19. 30
  20. 0
  21. 1
  22. 3
  23. −3
  24. 40
  25. 4
  26. −15
  27. 19
  28. −5
  29. 12
  30. −8
  31. −13
  32. 15
  33. 18
  34. −16
  35. −3
  36. −28
  37. 9
  38. 24
  39. 1
  40. −6

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