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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 72 · 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 −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) −20 (d) 30
  2. 2.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 17 (c) 25 (d) −15
  4. 4.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) −17
  5. 5.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 70 (d) −10
  6. 6.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 18 (c) −10 (d) 10
  7. 7.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 7 (d) 13
  8. 8.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 7 (d) 1
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) −34
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) −2 (d) 2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 52 (c) 28 (d) 42
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 12 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 40
  13. 13.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 26 (c) −4 (d) 4
  14. 14.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) 14 (d) −4
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −23 (c) 19 (d) 33
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 8
  18. 18.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 10
  19. 19.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 4 (c) −14 (d) 14
  20. 20.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −29 (b) 61 (c) −39 (d) 39
  21. 21.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 80 (c) 18 (d) −8
  22. 22.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) 17 (d) −1
  23. 23.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹26. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 43 (c) −9 (d) 9
  24. 24.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) 13
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 28 (c) −28 (d) 38
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 15
  27. 27.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) −9 (d) 1
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 25
  29. 29.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 5
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −7 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  31. 31.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 24
  32. 32.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 49 (d) −11
  33. 33.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) 45 (c) 11 (d) 35
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −44 (c) 54 (d) 26
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −17 (d) −7
  36. 36.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) −45 (d) 71
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 8 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 26
  38. 38.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −24 (c) 44 (d) 24
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  40. 40.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) 22 (c) −12 (d) −22

Answer key

  1. 20
  2. −7
  3. 15
  4. −17
  5. 10
  6. −10
  7. −13
  8. 1
  9. 34
  10. 2
  11. 42
  12. 30
  13. −4
  14. −1
  15. 4
  16. 23
  17. 8
  18. −12
  19. 14
  20. −39
  21. −18
  22. 1
  23. −9
  24. 3
  25. 28
  26. −5
  27. 1
  28. 3
  29. −5
  30. 17
  31. 0
  32. −11
  33. 35
  34. 44
  35. −17
  36. −45
  37. 26
  38. −24
  39. 31
  40. −22

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