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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 616 · 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 sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −20
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 3 (d) 19
  3. 3.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) −5
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 6
  5. 5.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) 11
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 46 (d) 26
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 27 (d) 39
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −3 (d) 7
  10. 10.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) −12
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 20 (d) 18
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 44 (c) −34 (d) 12
  13. 13.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 76 (d) 0
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 30 (d) 10
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 14 (c) 2 (d) −8
  16. 16.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 60
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −33 (c) 31 (d) 33
  18. 18.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  19. 19.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 84 (c) −8 (d) −18
  20. 20.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 56 (d) 24
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −28 (c) 8 (d) 28
  22. 22.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  23. 23.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 16
  24. 24.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 7 (c) −1 (d) 11
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 41 (c) −31 (d) 9
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) 12
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 36
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 15 (c) 33 (d) 43
  30. 30.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 69
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 35
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 23 (c) 25 (d) 35
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 28
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 15 (d) −5
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 16
  36. 36.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 33 (c) 19 (d) −9
  37. 37.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) −22 (d) 66
  38. 38.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 16 (d) −12
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 21 (d) 29
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 42 (c) 32 (d) −32

Answer key

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

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