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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 632 · 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 −8 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 30 (c) −20 (d) 20
  2. 2.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  3. 3.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 73 (c) 5 (d) −5
  4. 4.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 83
  5. 5.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) 84 (d) −10
  6. 6.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 26
  7. 7.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) −1
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 23 (c) −9 (d) 9
  9. 9.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 34 (c) 0 (d) −10
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 4 (d) 8
  11. 11.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −8
  12. 12.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 31 (d) −9
  13. 13.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 24 (c) 34 (d) −24
  14. 14.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 23 (d) 11
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 14
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 28 (d) 20
  17. 17.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 26 (d) 8
  19. 19.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 18 (d) 16
  20. 20.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 74 (d) 0
  21. 21.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 78 (c) −2 (d) 12
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 6 (c) 38 (d) 28
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 47
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) −1 (c) 29 (d) 19
  26. 26.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 28 (d) 18
  29. 29.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 39 (c) −1 (d) 1
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −5 (c) −19 (d) 29
  31. 31.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) −5
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 2
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 25 (d) 31
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 10
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 10 (d) −10
  36. 36.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 13 (c) 17 (d) 7
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 6
  38. 38.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  39. 39.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) −20
  40. 40.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 15 (c) −9 (d) 9

Answer key

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

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