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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 545 · 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 −5 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) 10
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  3. 3.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  6. 6.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 54 (d) −10
  7. 7.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −32 (b) 72 (c) 42 (d) −42
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 10
  9. 9.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 72
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 56 (c) −46 (d) 46
  11. 11.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 10 (d) −14
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  15. 15.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 6
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 7
  20. 20.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 18
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) −22
  22. 22.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
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) −2 (c) 30 (d) 20
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) −2
  28. 28.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) 9 (d) −9
  29. 29.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) −4
  31. 31.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) −40 (c) 50 (d) 18
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) −10 (d) 10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 25 (c) −37 (d) 37
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 22
  36. 36.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 19 (c) −15 (d) 25
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 27
  39. 39.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 11 (d) 3
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 0 (d) 22

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. −1
  3. −4
  4. 6
  5. 7
  6. −20
  7. −42
  8. 10
  9. −18
  10. 46
  11. −7
  12. 14
  13. −2
  14. −5
  15. −9
  16. 6
  17. 22
  18. −16
  19. 11
  20. −18
  21. 22
  22. 42
  23. 17
  24. 14
  25. 20
  26. 11
  27. 12
  28. −9
  29. 3
  30. −4
  31. 40
  32. 10
  33. 37
  34. −36
  35. −6
  36. 15
  37. 2
  38. 7
  39. −3
  40. 12

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