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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 664 · 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 −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −28 (c) 38 (d) 28
  2. 2.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) −19 (c) 19 (d) −9
  3. 3.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  5. 5.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 20 (d) −2
  6. 6.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 6
  7. 7.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  8. 8.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 10 (d) −4
  9. 9.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) 1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 6 (c) −5 (d) 5
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −45 (b) 21 (c) 45 (d) 55
  12. 12.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 88 (d) 8
  13. 13.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  14. 14.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 25 (d) 23
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 14 (c) 8 (d) −8
  17. 17.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 5 (b) 49 (c) −15 (d) −5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 22
  19. 19.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) −47 (c) 69 (d) 47
  20. 20.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 28
  21. 21.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 60 (c) 36 (d) −26
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) −7 (d) 7
  23. 23.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 26 (c) −4 (d) 14
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 19 (c) −13 (d) 13
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 12 (d) 0
  26. 26.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 14
  27. 27.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  28. 28.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 22 (c) −40 (d) 40
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 61
  32. 32.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 29 (d) −5
  34. 34.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  35. 35.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 32
  36. 36.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) 23
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 21
  38. 38.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  39. 39.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 10 (c) 8 (d) 2
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 12 (d) 36

Answer key

  1. 28
  2. −19
  3. −4
  4. −8
  5. −2
  6. −4
  7. −11
  8. −14
  9. −9
  10. 5
  11. 45
  12. −8
  13. −9
  14. 13
  15. 18
  16. 8
  17. −5
  18. 0
  19. −47
  20. −10
  21. −36
  22. 7
  23. 4
  24. 13
  25. 12
  26. −2
  27. 0
  28. −8
  29. 40
  30. 16
  31. 15
  32. −8
  33. 5
  34. 2
  35. 8
  36. −9
  37. 1
  38. 7
  39. −2
  40. 26

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