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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 617 · 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 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) 34 (d) −24
  2. 2.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −15
  3. 3.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) −13 (d) 13
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) −1
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) 31
  6. 6.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 13
  7. 7.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 24 (c) −2 (d) 2
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) −7
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 48 (d) 30
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 16
  11. 11.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  13. 13.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −45 (c) 45 (d) −35
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 13
  15. 15.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) 28 (d) 14
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 10
  17. 17.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 13
  19. 19.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 7 (d) −9
  20. 20.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 19
  21. 21.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) −35
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 21 (c) −9 (d) 9
  25. 25.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 14 (d) −14
  26. 26.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 26
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 18 (c) 34 (d) −34
  28. 28.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 21 (d) 17
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −41 (c) 51 (d) 41
  31. 31.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) −2
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  33. 33.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) −7
  34. 34.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) 6
  35. 35.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 19
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 3 (c) −11 (d) −1
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) 16
  38. 38.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) 12
  39. 39.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 19
  40. 40.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) −1 (c) 21 (d) 31

Answer key

  1. 24
  2. −5
  3. −13
  4. 1
  5. 33
  6. 3
  7. −2
  8. 7
  9. 38
  10. 14
  11. −6
  12. 9
  13. −45
  14. 31
  15. 18
  16. 20
  17. −15
  18. −11
  19. −9
  20. −19
  21. −35
  22. −1
  23. −16
  24. −9
  25. −14
  26. 16
  27. 34
  28. 17
  29. 20
  30. 41
  31. 2
  32. −5
  33. 7
  34. 6
  35. 17
  36. −11
  37. 16
  38. 2
  39. −19
  40. 21

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