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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 711 · 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 −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 28 (c) 38 (d) −28
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) −30 (c) 40 (d) 30
  3. 3.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  4. 4.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 79 (d) −21
  5. 5.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) −18 (d) 18
  6. 6.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 25 (c) −3 (d) 7
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −35 (c) 45 (d) 35
  8. 8.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) −14
  9. 9.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) 18 (d) −4
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 5 (d) 39
  11. 11.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) 2 (c) 34 (d) 24
  12. 12.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 12
  14. 14.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 32 (c) −8 (d) 18
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 22 (d) 4
  16. 16.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) 3 (d) 27
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 16
  18. 18.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) −12
  19. 19.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 70 (d) −20
  20. 20.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 19
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 12 (c) 40 (d) 30
  22. 22.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 8 (d) −4
  23. 23.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 71
  24. 24.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 57 (b) −27 (c) −37 (d) 37
  25. 25.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 3
  27. 27.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 5 (c) −13 (d) 23
  29. 29.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 10 (c) 4 (d) 6
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 3 (d) 17
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) 22
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) −37 (c) 37 (d) 29
  33. 33.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 54 (c) 36 (d) 26
  34. 34.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −2
  36. 36.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  37. 37.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 40 (c) 14 (d) −14
  38. 38.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 25
  39. 39.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 64
  40. 40.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) 35 (d) −15

Answer key

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

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