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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 634 · 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 −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 56 (b) −46 (c) 46 (d) 22
  2. 2.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 80 (c) −6 (d) 4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 7
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  5. 5.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 67
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −1
  7. 7.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 14 (d) 10
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) 46 (d) 24
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  11. 11.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 12 (c) 6 (d) −6
  12. 12.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) −10
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) 15
  15. 15.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 41 (c) −13 (d) 13
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 13
  17. 17.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 56
  18. 18.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 17
  19. 19.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 82 (c) 30 (d) −30
  20. 20.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) 46
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 30 (d) 38
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 10 (d) 22
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −3
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 48 (c) 38 (d) −38
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) −34
  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) 39 (b) −39 (c) 21 (d) 49
  27. 27.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 44 (d) −16
  28. 28.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 41
  29. 29.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) −14 (d) 4
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 3 (d) −3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 14
  32. 32.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 27 (d) 11
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −3
  34. 34.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) −15 (d) 81
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 11 (d) 15
  36. 36.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) −17
  37. 37.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 5
  38. 38.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 63 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 20
  40. 40.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) −3 (d) 13

Answer key

  1. 46
  2. −6
  3. −1
  4. 12
  5. −13
  6. −1
  7. 0
  8. 36
  9. −11
  10. 5
  11. −6
  12. −20
  13. −11
  14. 15
  15. −13
  16. 35
  17. 18
  18. 15
  19. −30
  20. 12
  21. 38
  22. 22
  23. −3
  24. 38
  25. 34
  26. 39
  27. −16
  28. −1
  29. −4
  30. 3
  31. −4
  32. 11
  33. 3
  34. −25
  35. 15
  36. −17
  37. 15
  38. −19
  39. 20
  40. 3

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