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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 594 · 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 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 32
  2. 2.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  3. 3.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 16
  4. 4.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) 17 (c) −1 (d) 27
  5. 5.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) 27 (c) −43 (d) 53
  6. 6.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 18 (c) −4 (d) 4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −38 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 74
  8. 8.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 1
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  10. 10.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) 5 (d) 39
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 15
  12. 12.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 59 (d) −15
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) 15
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 16 (d) 8
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 1 (c) −10 (d) 10
  16. 16.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 84
  17. 17.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −8
  18. 18.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 58 (b) −40 (c) −30 (d) 40
  19. 19.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 0
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 28 (c) −38 (d) 38
  21. 21.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) 60 (c) −30 (d) −20
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  23. 23.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) 4
  24. 24.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
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 13 (c) −25 (d) 25
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  27. 27.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) −20
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 16 (d) 36
  30. 30.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) −8
  31. 31.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 56
  32. 32.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 9
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) −1 (c) 19 (d) 9
  34. 34.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 11
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) −21
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) −2 (d) 2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 78 (c) 16 (d) −16
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 1
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −18 (c) 14 (d) 28
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 28

Answer key

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

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