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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 649 · 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 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 13
  2. 2.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) 29 (d) −19
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  5. 5.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) 8 (d) −2
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 1 (c) 25 (d) 15
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  8. 8.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) 39 (c) −29 (d) 29
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 19 (c) −43 (d) 53
  12. 12.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 10
  13. 13.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 48 (c) −26 (d) −16
  14. 14.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
  15. 15.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 5 (d) 15
  16. 16.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 89 (d) 17
  17. 17.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 24
  18. 18.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 11
  20. 20.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 72 (c) −24 (d) 24
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 46 (c) 56 (d) −46
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) −17
  24. 24.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  25. 25.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 11
  26. 26.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 42 (d) 0
  27. 27.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −5
  28. 28.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 86
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −42 (c) 22 (d) 52
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) 38 (c) −38 (d) 14
  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) 3 (d) −7
  32. 32.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  33. 33.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −25
  34. 34.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −17
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −20
  36. 36.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 26
  37. 37.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) −23
  38. 38.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) −9 (c) 33 (d) 19
  39. 39.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) 9
  40. 40.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) 21

Answer key

  1. 31
  2. 19
  3. 25
  4. 26
  5. −2
  6. 15
  7. −7
  8. 13
  9. 29
  10. 7
  11. 43
  12. −2
  13. −26
  14. 1
  15. 5
  16. −17
  17. −6
  18. −11
  19. −5
  20. −24
  21. 46
  22. 30
  23. 17
  24. 1
  25. −11
  26. 0
  27. 5
  28. −8
  29. 42
  30. 38
  31. −7
  32. −5
  33. −15
  34. −7
  35. 20
  36. 4
  37. −23
  38. −19
  39. −9
  40. 7

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