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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 682 · 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 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 43 (c) 29 (d) −33
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 24
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 27 (c) 11 (d) 37
  4. 4.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  5. 5.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −19 (c) −9 (d) 19
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 25 (c) 11 (d) −1
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 24 (d) 26
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) 24
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 12 (c) 28 (d) 18
  10. 10.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 17
  11. 11.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −5 (d) −15
  12. 12.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 64 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) −20
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  16. 16.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  18. 18.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) −7
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) −6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 59
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 14
  22. 22.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 14 (d) 6
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 27
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −1 (c) 17 (d) −17
  25. 25.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 70
  26. 26.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) 45 (d) 31
  27. 27.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 77 (c) −13 (d) 13
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 23
  29. 29.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 15
  30. 30.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 6 (d) −10
  31. 31.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 72 (c) −40 (d) 40
  33. 33.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) 20 (d) −6
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) 5
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  36. 36.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 6 (c) −4 (d) 4
  37. 37.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 69 (c) −1 (d) 9
  38. 38.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −10
  39. 39.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 14

Answer key

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

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