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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 576 · 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 −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 32 (c) 44 (d) 34
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −34 (c) 44 (d) 34
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 49 (c) 27 (d) 39
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 2
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 16
  6. 6.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) −23 (d) −3
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 18 (d) 8
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 32 (c) −32 (d) 42
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −36
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) −10
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 3 (d) 11
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 13
  14. 14.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −7
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 31
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 20 (d) 12
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) 10
  21. 21.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  22. 22.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) −4 (d) 26
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) −13
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) 12
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 15
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 1 (d) 0
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −8
  29. 29.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −7
  30. 30.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 60 (c) 12 (d) −2
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) 7
  32. 32.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 8
  33. 33.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 63 (c) −15 (d) 15
  34. 34.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 14 (d) 16
  35. 35.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −1
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) 3
  38. 38.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 52 (c) −8 (d) 8
  39. 39.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) −6
  40. 40.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 27 (d) 21

Answer key

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

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