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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 695 · 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 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −32 (c) 42 (d) 32
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 22 (c) −22 (d) 0
  3. 3.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −28 (c) −18 (d) 28
  4. 4.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 19 (c) −15 (d) 15
  5. 5.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 14
  6. 6.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 38
  7. 7.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −12 (c) 16 (d) 12
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 32 (c) 44 (d) −34
  10. 10.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 8
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 47 (c) −37 (d) 13
  12. 12.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) −12
  13. 13.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −24 (c) 36 (d) 24
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 34 (d) 2
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 20 (c) 36 (d) 26
  16. 16.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) −8
  17. 17.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 13
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) −4
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) −20
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 9
  22. 22.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) −37
  23. 23.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) −14
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 22 (c) −30 (d) 30
  25. 25.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  26. 26.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 41 (c) 51 (d) 29
  28. 28.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 20
  29. 29.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 16
  31. 31.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) 26
  32. 32.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 29 (c) −19 (d) −29
  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.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 5
  35. 35.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 43 (d) 29
  36. 36.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 11 (d) −3
  37. 37.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 16 (c) 34 (d) 24
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 24 (c) −14 (d) 14

Answer key

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

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