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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 735 · 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 −6 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 20 (c) 42 (d) −32
  2. 2.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 45 (c) −15 (d) −5
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 21 (c) 17 (d) −7
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 14 (c) 36 (d) 26
  5. 5.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 91 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) −19
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) −29
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) −11 (d) 11
  8. 8.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 52 (d) 34
  9. 9.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) 17 (d) −5
  10. 10.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 19
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 8 (c) −12 (d) 12
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) −10
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) 10 (d) −30
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) −25 (c) 25 (d) 1
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 17 (c) 45 (d) 35
  19. 19.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) −2
  20. 20.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) −12
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −42 (b) 52 (c) 42 (d) 26
  22. 22.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  23. 23.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) −19 (c) 29 (d) 43
  24. 24.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 18
  25. 25.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −9
  26. 26.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 28 (c) −4 (d) 14
  27. 27.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 23 (c) 81 (d) −23
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 12
  29. 29.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 36 (c) −26 (d) 48
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 44 (b) −34 (c) 26 (d) 34
  31. 31.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 21 (d) 13
  33. 33.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 21 (d) −5
  34. 34.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 27 (c) 5 (d) −5
  35. 35.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 10
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 39 (d) 15
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 51 (c) −41 (d) 41
  38. 38.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 82 (c) 12 (d) −2
  39. 39.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −10
  40. 40.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −18 (c) 2 (d) −8

Answer key

  1. 32
  2. −15
  3. 7
  4. 26
  5. −19
  6. 29
  7. 11
  8. 24
  9. −5
  10. −2
  11. 9
  12. 12
  13. 1
  14. −10
  15. −6
  16. 30
  17. 25
  18. 35
  19. −2
  20. −12
  21. 42
  22. 6
  23. 19
  24. −8
  25. −9
  26. 4
  27. −23
  28. 2
  29. −36
  30. 34
  31. −6
  32. 3
  33. 5
  34. 5
  35. 10
  36. 39
  37. 41
  38. −12
  39. 10
  40. −8

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