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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 725 · 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) −20 (b) 2 (c) 30 (d) 20
  2. 2.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 87 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) −27
  3. 3.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −3
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 20 (c) −22 (d) 22
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 22
  6. 6.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 59 (c) 23 (d) −13
  7. 7.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −32 (c) −22 (d) 84
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 14
  9. 9.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 17
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 24 (c) −8 (d) 18
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) 15 (d) 7
  12. 12.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −7
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 9 (c) 17 (d) 7
  14. 14.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 74 (d) 2
  15. 15.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) 9
  16. 16.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 8
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  18. 18.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 10 (c) −12 (d) −2
  19. 19.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) −16 (d) 6
  20. 20.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 25 (d) −13
  21. 21.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 17 (d) 11
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 17 (c) 41 (d) 31
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 1
  24. 24.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 74 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 0 (c) −16 (d) 16
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) 14
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) 6
  28. 28.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹50. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) −40 (c) 40 (d) 60
  29. 29.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  30. 30.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −46 (b) 58 (c) −36 (d) 46
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 7 (d) 27
  32. 32.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 38 (c) 12 (d) 28
  34. 34.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 30 (c) −14 (d) −4
  35. 35.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −21 (c) −31 (d) 31
  36. 36.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 23
  37. 37.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −7
  38. 38.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 20 (d) 4
  39. 39.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) −6
  40. 40.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7

Answer key

  1. 20
  2. −27
  3. 7
  4. 22
  5. 12
  6. 13
  7. −32
  8. 0
  9. 17
  10. 8
  11. 7
  12. 7
  13. 7
  14. −2
  15. 3
  16. 6
  17. 8
  18. −12
  19. −6
  20. −13
  21. 11
  22. 31
  23. −7
  24. 6
  25. 16
  26. 34
  27. 30
  28. −40
  29. 4
  30. −46
  31. 27
  32. −6
  33. 28
  34. −14
  35. −31
  36. 13
  37. 7
  38. −6
  39. 4
  40. −7

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