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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 686 · 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.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) 6
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 25 (c) −35 (d) 45
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 27 (d) 33
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 13 (c) −29 (d) 39
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) 15 (c) −35 (d) 35
  6. 6.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 35 (c) −9 (d) −19
  7. 7.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 8
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 51 (b) −41 (c) 41 (d) 23
  10. 10.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) −5 (c) 43 (d) 15
  11. 11.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) −19 (d) 11
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 24
  13. 13.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 12
  14. 14.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) −29
  15. 15.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 10 (c) −6 (d) −16
  16. 16.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 15
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 27 (c) 37 (d) −37
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) −6
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 11 (d) 29
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 10 (c) 38 (d) −28
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 23
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −29 (c) 39 (d) 29
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 8 (d) 42
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 19 (c) 5 (d) −15
  26. 26.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 7
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  28. 28.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 28 (b) 80 (c) −28 (d) −18
  29. 29.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 76
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 12 (d) 4
  31. 31.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 31 (c) 79 (d) −31
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −36 (b) 46 (c) 36 (d) 20
  33. 33.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) 57 (c) −17 (d) 17
  34. 34.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −24 (d) −14
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 3
  36. 36.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −14
  37. 37.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  38. 38.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  39. 39.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  40. 40.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 22 (d) −10

Answer key

  1. 6
  2. 35
  3. 33
  4. 29
  5. 35
  6. −19
  7. 9
  8. −2
  9. 41
  10. −15
  11. −19
  12. 30
  13. −4
  14. −29
  15. −16
  16. 1
  17. 11
  18. 37
  19. −6
  20. 19
  21. 28
  22. 13
  23. 29
  24. 32
  25. −5
  26. −5
  27. 5
  28. −28
  29. −36
  30. −4
  31. −31
  32. 36
  33. 17
  34. −14
  35. 25
  36. −14
  37. −10
  38. −13
  39. −1
  40. 0

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