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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 59 · 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 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 42
  2. 2.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 35 (c) −15 (d) −5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 29 (c) 21 (d) 11
  6. 6.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  7. 7.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −21 (d) −11
  8. 8.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 49 (c) 13 (d) −3
  9. 9.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 59
  10. 10.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 53
  11. 11.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  12. 12.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 32 (d) 18
  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) 12 (d) −2
  14. 14.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 20 (c) −34 (d) 34
  16. 16.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) −30
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) −21
  19. 19.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  20. 20.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 13
  21. 21.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) −2
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) 31
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −45 (b) 55 (c) 45 (d) 25
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 6 (d) 12
  25. 25.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 15 (c) −31 (d) 41
  27. 27.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 5
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) −1 (d) 21
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) 33 (c) −21 (d) −11
  30. 30.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  31. 31.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) 16
  32. 32.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 29
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) −3
  34. 34.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 40 (c) −8 (d) 18
  35. 35.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 15
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) −10
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 8 (c) −20 (d) 30
  38. 38.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) 80
  39. 39.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) −25 (d) 75
  40. 40.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) −14

Answer key

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

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