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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 69 · 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 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 31 (c) −21 (d) −1
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 7 (c) 27 (d) −27
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −29 (c) 17 (d) 29
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 29 (d) −19
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −42 (c) 52 (d) 42
  6. 6.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 25 (d) 13
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 20
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) −21 (c) −3 (d) 31
  9. 9.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 0
  10. 10.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 11
  12. 12.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 63 (c) −41 (d) 41
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 21
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) −11
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 15 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 35
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 6 (d) 15
  17. 17.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 4
  18. 18.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 94 (b) −12 (c) −22 (d) 22
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 16 (c) 10 (d) 0
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 13 (d) −13
  21. 21.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −3
  22. 22.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 7 (c) 1 (d) 9
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  24. 24.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 23
  25. 25.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 0
  26. 26.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 41
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) 19
  28. 28.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) −3
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 18
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 13 (d) 7
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 4 (c) 22 (d) −22
  32. 32.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 28 (c) −2 (d) 12
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −21 (d) 31
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 46 (c) 56 (d) −46
  35. 35.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 70 (c) 46 (d) −46
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 16
  37. 37.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  38. 38.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) −49 (c) −39 (d) 61
  39. 39.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) 21 (d) −35

Answer key

  1. 21
  2. 27
  3. 29
  4. 19
  5. 42
  6. 3
  7. 10
  8. 21
  9. 0
  10. −8
  11. 29
  12. −41
  13. 33
  14. −11
  15. 25
  16. 5
  17. −6
  18. −22
  19. 0
  20. 13
  21. 3
  22. −9
  23. −1
  24. −5
  25. −10
  26. 1
  27. 19
  28. −3
  29. 30
  30. −7
  31. 22
  32. 2
  33. 21
  34. 46
  35. −46
  36. −2
  37. −5
  38. −49
  39. 11
  40. 35

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