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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 641 · 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 −2 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 28
  2. 2.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 36 (d) −26
  3. 3.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 19
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 17
  6. 6.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 42 (c) 0 (d) −10
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) −27
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 13 (c) 19 (d) 9
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) −13 (d) 23
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 13 (c) 37 (d) 47
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 12
  14. 14.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 78
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 8
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 13
  18. 18.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) 14
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) −7
  20. 20.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 64 (d) 16
  21. 21.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 15 (d) 3
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 19 (d) 27
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 21 (d) 3
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 6 (d) 40
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 26
  27. 27.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) −43 (c) 43 (d) −33
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 44 (c) 30 (d) −34
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 14
  30. 30.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  31. 31.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 7 (c) −15 (d) −5
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 23 (c) −5 (d) 15
  33. 33.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) −2 (d) −12
  34. 34.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 72 (c) 2 (d) 8
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 4
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) −40
  37. 37.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 2
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 6
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) −5
  40. 40.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 48 (c) −16 (d) 16

Answer key

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

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