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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 570 · 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 −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) −26
  2. 2.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 63 (d) −15
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 31
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) −5
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 22
  6. 6.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  7. 7.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 30
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 1 (c) −10 (d) 0
  10. 10.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 72 (c) 0 (d) −10
  11. 11.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 68 (d) −14
  12. 12.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) −20 (d) 58
  13. 13.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 49
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) −21
  17. 17.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 73 (c) −3 (d) 13
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 26
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 39 (c) −39 (d) 49
  20. 20.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −41 (c) 79 (d) −31
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 55 (b) −45 (c) 45 (d) 21
  22. 22.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 6
  23. 23.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) −15
  25. 25.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 93 (b) −15 (c) −25 (d) 25
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −4
  27. 27.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 20 (d) 26
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 26
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) 53
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 8 (d) 10
  32. 32.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) −39 (c) −49 (d) 49
  33. 33.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 25
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 25 (c) 17 (d) −15
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 28 (c) 18 (d) −18
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) −15
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) −27
  38. 38.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 60
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 5
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6

Answer key

  1. 26
  2. −5
  3. 39
  4. 5
  5. 42
  6. 8
  7. −4
  8. 20
  9. 0
  10. −10
  11. −24
  12. −30
  13. −1
  14. −39
  15. −23
  16. −21
  17. −13
  18. 16
  19. 39
  20. −41
  21. 45
  22. −12
  23. 3
  24. −5
  25. −25
  26. 16
  27. 16
  28. 4
  29. −41
  30. 3
  31. 0
  32. −49
  33. 7
  34. 15
  35. 18
  36. −5
  37. 27
  38. 2
  39. 23
  40. 6

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