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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 586 · 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 −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) −1 (d) 17
  2. 2.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 28
  3. 3.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  4. 4.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 23 (c) −1 (d) 1
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) −6
  6. 6.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 5 (d) −5
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 7 (d) 5
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −4
  9. 9.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) −45 (d) 55
  10. 10.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 53 (c) −25 (d) 25
  11. 11.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) 30 (d) −20
  12. 12.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 53
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) −6
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 31 (c) 25 (d) 41
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  17. 17.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) 25 (c) −15 (d) −3
  18. 18.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) −8
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 16
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −45 (b) 45 (c) 21 (d) 55
  21. 21.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 90 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  22. 22.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) 17
  23. 23.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 55
  24. 24.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −6
  25. 25.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 87
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 19
  28. 28.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 44 (d) 30
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −43 (c) 53 (d) 27
  30. 30.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 77 (d) −23
  31. 31.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 39 (d) 5
  32. 32.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) −4 (c) 18 (d) 28
  34. 34.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 13
  35. 35.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 82 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  36. 36.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 5 (c) 27 (d) 37
  38. 38.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) 50 (c) 40 (d) 18
  39. 39.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) 9

Answer key

  1. 17
  2. 6
  3. −7
  4. −1
  5. −16
  6. 5
  7. 5
  8. 4
  9. −45
  10. 25
  11. 20
  12. −5
  13. −16
  14. 31
  15. 22
  16. −2
  17. 15
  18. −8
  19. 2
  20. 45
  21. −12
  22. 7
  23. 25
  24. 4
  25. −31
  26. 14
  27. 27
  28. 20
  29. 43
  30. −33
  31. 5
  32. 0
  33. 18
  34. 5
  35. −10
  36. −1
  37. 27
  38. 40
  39. −9
  40. −1

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