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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 673 · 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 −4 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 21
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −3 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) 15
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) −25 (d) 35
  4. 4.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 22
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −39 (c) 49 (d) 39
  7. 7.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) −8
  8. 8.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 24 (c) 22 (d) 12
  9. 9.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 23 (c) −11 (d) 11
  11. 11.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 57 (c) −21 (d) 31
  12. 12.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) 12
  13. 13.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) 1
  14. 14.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 45 (d) −13
  15. 15.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 18 (d) 8
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) 4
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 2
  18. 18.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 5
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) −34
  20. 20.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 82
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 10 (c) −12 (d) 12
  22. 22.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 12 (d) 8
  24. 24.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 17 (d) 15
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 22
  27. 27.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 29 (c) 31 (d) 41
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) −4
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 13 (c) 11 (d) 1
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 18 (d) −12
  32. 32.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) −16 (c) 84 (d) 16
  33. 33.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 6 (d) −4
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −2 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 24
  35. 35.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 14
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  37. 37.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 14 (d) 18
  39. 39.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 47 (c) 25 (d) −25
  40. 40.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 64 (c) −46 (d) 46

Answer key

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

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