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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 658 · 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 −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 12 (c) −18 (d) 18
  2. 2.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 13 (d) 51
  3. 3.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  4. 4.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) 20
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −33 (d) 43
  6. 6.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −4
  7. 7.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 61 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) −24 (c) 24 (d) 34
  9. 9.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 60 (d) −12
  10. 10.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 68 (c) −10 (d) −20
  11. 11.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 22
  12. 12.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) −2
  14. 14.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 16 (c) 38 (d) 28
  16. 16.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) 4
  17. 17.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
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) 9
  19. 19.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 26 (d) 12
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −24 (c) −14 (d) −4
  21. 21.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) 7
  22. 22.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 4
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 2
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) −20
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 22 (d) −8
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 34
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) 52
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 8 (c) 26 (d) 16
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 10 (c) 28 (d) −28
  31. 31.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −26 (c) 36 (d) 26
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 10 (c) 18 (d) 28
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 18
  34. 34.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) −25
  35. 35.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 15
  36. 36.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 55 (c) −9 (d) 9
  37. 37.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 20
  38. 38.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 27 (d) −3
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) 5
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 37 (c) −37 (d) 47

Answer key

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

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