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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 656 · 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 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 2 (c) −20 (d) 20
  2. 2.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −5 (d) 15
  3. 3.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 20
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 16 (c) 2 (d) 8
  5. 5.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −8
  6. 6.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  7. 7.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  8. 8.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −1 (d) 1
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) −6
  10. 10.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) 1 (d) −9
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 8
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 13 (c) −1 (d) 1
  13. 13.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) −20 (d) 52
  14. 14.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 78 (c) −38 (d) 38
  15. 15.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 31
  16. 16.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) −17 (d) 7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 21
  18. 18.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 48 (c) −10 (d) 20
  19. 19.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 19
  20. 20.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 68
  21. 21.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  22. 22.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 33 (c) 3 (d) −3
  23. 23.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 73
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 20 (d) −12
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) −4
  26. 26.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 30 (c) −40 (d) 40
  28. 28.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 24 (c) 10 (d) 20
  29. 29.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  30. 30.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 8
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  32. 32.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) −15
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 1 (d) 33
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) 0 (d) −16
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) 9
  36. 36.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) −39 (d) 19
  38. 38.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 7
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 37
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) −23

Answer key

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

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