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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 697 · 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 −6 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) 2
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 47 (c) 37 (d) 17
  3. 3.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) −1
  6. 6.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) −7
  7. 7.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 24
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 21 (c) 31 (d) −21
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −3
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) 28
  12. 12.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 11
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 7
  14. 14.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 10
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  16. 16.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 0 (b) −10 (c) 36 (d) 10
  17. 17.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) 18 (c) 26 (d) 36
  18. 18.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 20 (c) 2 (d) −2
  19. 19.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) −13
  20. 20.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 16
  21. 21.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −6 (d) 74
  22. 22.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 22 (c) −4 (d) 4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 88
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) −3
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 2 (c) 36 (d) 26
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 19 (c) 25 (d) 15
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 27 (d) 3
  28. 28.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 3
  29. 29.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) −5
  30. 30.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 6
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 28 (d) −18
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 26
  33. 33.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −16 (b) −6 (c) 10 (d) 16
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 46 (c) 36 (d) −36
  35. 35.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 70 (b) −8 (c) 2 (d) 8
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 16 (c) −20 (d) 20
  38. 38.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) 19
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 1

Answer key

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

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