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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 549 · 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 −10 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −44 (b) 44 (c) 54 (d) 24
  2. 2.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 17
  4. 4.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) −6
  5. 5.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 67 (d) −5
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  7. 7.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) −18
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) 18
  10. 10.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) 6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 23 (d) 15
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 4 (c) 24 (d) −24
  14. 14.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 64
  15. 15.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 9 (d) 3
  16. 16.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) −3
  17. 17.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  18. 18.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 60
  19. 19.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 65 (c) 3 (d) −3
  20. 20.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 17
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 25 (d) −5
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 15
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −28 (c) 28 (d) 38
  24. 24.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 57 (c) −7 (d) −17
  25. 25.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 48 (c) 4 (d) 14
  26. 26.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) 45
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 17 (d) −3
  29. 29.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) −7 (d) 3
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) −1
  31. 31.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 9
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) −22
  33. 33.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 2
  34. 34.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  35. 35.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 14
  36. 36.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) 45 (d) −13
  37. 37.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) −27
  39. 39.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) 7 (d) 11
  40. 40.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) 4

Answer key

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

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