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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 701 · 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 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 0
  2. 2.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 17 (d) −15
  3. 3.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 42
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  5. 5.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 40 (d) 14
  6. 6.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) −11
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  8. 8.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) −3 (d) 3
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 17
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 19 (d) 49
  11. 11.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) 11
  12. 12.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
  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) 12 (d) 4
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 5
  15. 15.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
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) 3
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 19 (c) −3 (d) 13
  18. 18.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 11
  19. 19.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 43
  20. 20.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 65 (c) −41 (d) 41
  21. 21.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −21 (c) 21 (d) 31
  23. 23.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 38
  24. 24.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  25. 25.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) 49
  26. 26.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 9
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 19 (d) −3
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 4
  29. 29.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 18
  30. 30.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 18
  31. 31.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 25 (c) −9 (d) 9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) −27 (d) 45
  33. 33.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 1
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 15 (c) −39 (d) 39
  35. 35.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 58 (c) 20 (d) −10
  36. 36.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 73 (c) −15 (d) 25
  37. 37.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 22 (d) 2
  38. 38.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 8 (d) 2
  39. 39.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 30 (c) 18 (d) −8
  40. 40.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 13 (c) −7 (d) 17

Answer key

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

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