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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 578 · 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 −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 13 (c) 27 (d) −27
  2. 2.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
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 1 (c) 29 (d) −19
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 8
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 15
  6. 6.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 42 (c) −42 (d) −32
  7. 7.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 29 (c) −1 (d) 9
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  9. 9.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −19
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) 11
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 5
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) −2
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) 13
  14. 14.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −8
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) 28 (d) −18
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 35
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 21
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 29 (d) 15
  19. 19.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  20. 20.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) −32 (c) −22 (d) 32
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 15 (d) −11
  22. 22.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) 18
  23. 23.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 22 (c) −4 (d) 6
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) −15 (d) 25
  25. 25.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 81
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 55 (c) 45 (d) −45
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 17
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) 21
  30. 30.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 45 (d) −1
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 57 (c) 23 (d) −47
  32. 32.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 22 (c) 2 (d) 12
  33. 33.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) 5
  34. 34.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 28 (d) 14
  35. 35.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) −20 (d) 44
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) 13 (d) −3
  37. 37.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4
  38. 38.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 51 (d) 1
  39. 39.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 47 (c) 15 (d) −15
  40. 40.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) −18

Answer key

  1. 27
  2. 27
  3. 19
  4. 8
  5. 7
  6. −42
  7. −1
  8. 17
  9. 19
  10. 11
  11. −9
  12. 2
  13. 13
  14. 2
  15. 18
  16. 35
  17. 9
  18. 5
  19. −5
  20. −32
  21. 11
  22. 8
  23. −4
  24. 15
  25. −5
  26. 15
  27. 45
  28. −5
  29. 11
  30. −11
  31. 47
  32. 2
  33. 5
  34. 4
  35. −30
  36. 3
  37. −4
  38. 1
  39. 15
  40. −18

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