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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 699 · 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 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 29 (b) 15 (c) −19 (d) 19
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) −6 (d) 4
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 11 (c) 43 (d) 33
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) −9 (d) 19
  6. 6.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 24 (d) −10
  7. 7.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) 21 (d) −3
  8. 8.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 75 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) −27
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 17 (c) −5 (d) 5
  10. 10.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 8
  11. 11.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 10
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) −3 (c) 25 (d) 15
  13. 13.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 11
  14. 14.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −24 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) −14
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 25 (d) 23
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) −7 (d) −17
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 25 (c) 49 (d) 39
  18. 18.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 73 (c) 3 (d) −3
  19. 19.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) −33
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 13 (c) −27 (d) 37
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 33 (c) 43 (d) −33
  22. 22.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 19 (d) 7
  23. 23.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −16
  24. 24.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) −11
  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) 26 (c) 36 (d) 2
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 21
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) 20
  28. 28.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 36 (d) 12
  29. 29.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 81 (c) −9 (d) 1
  30. 30.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) 34 (c) 30 (d) −34
  32. 32.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 22 (d) 16
  33. 33.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 35 (c) 45 (d) 11
  35. 35.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 15
  36. 36.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 17 (b) 61 (c) −7 (d) −17
  37. 37.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) 46 (c) −36 (d) 24
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 27 (c) 19 (d) −17
  39. 39.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 11
  40. 40.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 80 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2

Answer key

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

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