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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 67 · 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 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 26 (d) 40
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 23 (c) 15 (d) 5
  3. 3.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 98 (c) −22 (d) 22
  4. 4.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) 14
  5. 5.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) −36
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) −15 (d) 15
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 23 (d) 17
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 42 (c) −32 (d) 24
  10. 10.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) 20 (d) 58
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) −14
  12. 12.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 12
  13. 13.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) −6 (c) 4 (d) 6
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −43 (c) 53 (d) 43
  15. 15.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 29
  16. 16.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) −16
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 24
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) 29
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) −21
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) 3 (d) 21
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 28 (c) 52 (d) 42
  22. 22.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 85
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 21
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 45
  25. 25.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) −26 (d) 78
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) 35 (d) −25
  28. 28.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) −10
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 6
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  31. 31.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) 20
  32. 32.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 46
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  34. 34.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 12
  35. 35.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 24 (c) 2 (d) 8
  36. 36.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) 1 (d) −5
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −4
  39. 39.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) 13
  40. 40.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −6

Answer key

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

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