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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 702 · 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 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 49
  2. 2.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −6
  3. 3.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 5
  4. 4.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 84
  5. 5.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 35
  6. 6.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 16
  7. 7.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) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  8. 8.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 21 (c) −13 (d) 13
  9. 9.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) −1 (c) 31 (d) −21
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) −1
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d) −9
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 29 (d) 31
  13. 13.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 31 (d) −5
  14. 14.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 21
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) −1 (d) 9
  16. 16.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 76 (b) −16 (c) −6 (d) 16
  17. 17.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 4 (d) −4
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 18 (d) 46
  19. 19.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) −3 (d) 3
  20. 20.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 24 (d) 4
  21. 21.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 68 (c) −28 (d) −38
  22. 22.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 50 (c) 26 (d) −40
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) −39
  25. 25.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 14
  26. 26.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) 58 (c) 22 (d) 32
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  28. 28.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 2
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) −1
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) −14
  31. 31.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 64 (c) −16 (d) −6
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 25 (d) 37
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 36 (c) 26 (d) −26
  34. 34.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) −3 (c) 31 (d) 21
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 19 (c) 51 (d) −41
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 32 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −8
  37. 37.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 29 (c) −11 (d) −1
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  39. 39.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 30
  40. 40.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 26

Answer key

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

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