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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 685 · 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 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −3 (c) 29 (d) −19
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −26 (c) 18 (d) 36
  3. 3.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) 40 (c) −40 (d) −30
  4. 4.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) −5
  6. 6.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 13
  8. 8.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 0
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) −43 (c) 53 (d) 23
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 6
  11. 11.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  12. 12.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 20
  13. 13.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  14. 14.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 36
  15. 15.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −20 (c) −10 (d) 0
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) 1
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 26 (c) −2 (d) 2
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 24 (c) 46 (d) −36
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 18 (d) −2
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 7 (d) 11
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) −17
  22. 22.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 12 (c) 22 (d) −12
  23. 23.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) 5 (c) 21 (d) 11
  24. 24.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 33 (d) 3
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 2
  26. 26.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 60 (d) −40
  27. 27.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 63 (c) −39 (d) −49
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 12 (d) −6
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) −15 (c) 25 (d) −25
  30. 30.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 57 (c) 13 (d) 3
  31. 31.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 34 (d) −8
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 6 (d) 5
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −13
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) −2 (c) −20 (d) 20
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 16 (c) −40 (d) 40
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 33
  37. 37.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 50
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 17 (c) 37 (d) −37
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 63 (d) 5
  40. 40.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 16 (c) −14 (d) 24

Answer key

  1. 19
  2. 26
  3. −40
  4. 9
  5. 17
  6. −3
  7. −5
  8. −10
  9. 43
  10. 4
  11. 1
  12. −6
  13. −12
  14. −12
  15. −10
  16. 1
  17. 2
  18. 36
  19. 2
  20. 11
  21. 17
  22. 12
  23. 11
  24. −7
  25. 10
  26. −40
  27. −49
  28. −16
  29. −25
  30. 3
  31. 8
  32. 5
  33. 13
  34. 20
  35. 40
  36. 35
  37. −22
  38. 37
  39. −5
  40. 14

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