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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 721 · 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 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) 4
  2. 2.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 12 (d) 2
  3. 3.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 3
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 17 (c) 9 (d) 7
  5. 5.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  6. 6.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 0 (d) −10
  7. 7.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 18 (c) 16 (d) 6
  8. 8.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 24
  9. 9.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 4 (d) 2
  10. 10.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 53 (c) −27 (d) −37
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 12
  12. 12.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 20 (b) 78 (c) −10 (d) −20
  13. 13.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 63 (d) −45
  14. 14.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 60
  15. 15.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 4
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −26 (c) 26 (d) 36
  17. 17.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 6
  18. 18.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −33 (c) 79 (d) −23
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 14 (c) 28 (d) −28
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 2
  21. 21.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 30 (d) 8
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) −18
  23. 23.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  24. 24.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 28 (d) 20
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 2
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 0 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 18
  27. 27.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
  28. 28.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) −5
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) 2
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 6
  31. 31.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 32 (c) −22 (d) 22
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 11 (d) 1
  34. 34.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 44
  35. 35.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 80
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −30 (c) 30 (d) 40
  37. 37.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 35 (c) −25 (d) 25
  38. 38.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 50 (d) 28
  39. 39.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 15 (d) 11
  40. 40.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 54 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24

Answer key

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

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