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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 750 · 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 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) −32
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −28 (b) 6 (c) 38 (d) 28
  3. 3.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 84 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  4. 4.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 89 (c) 19 (d) −9
  5. 5.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 91
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 34
  7. 7.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −1
  8. 8.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 50 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 23
  10. 10.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 77 (d) 3
  11. 11.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 21 (c) −9 (d) 9
  12. 12.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 16 (d) −2
  13. 13.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 23 (c) 15 (d) 5
  14. 14.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) −15
  15. 15.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 54 (c) −12 (d) −2
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 28 (c) −6 (d) 16
  18. 18.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 62 (c) 8 (d) 18
  19. 19.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −16 (c) 4 (d) −6
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −5 (c) −15 (d) 15
  21. 21.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 13 (d) 15
  22. 22.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 25 (c) −15 (d) −25
  23. 23.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −44 (c) 44 (d) 54
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  26. 26.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) −11 (d) 13
  27. 27.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 32 (d) 8
  28. 28.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 57 (d) −15
  29. 29.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 37 (d) −27
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 18 (d) 22
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 15
  32. 32.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) 21 (d) −11
  33. 33.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 22
  34. 34.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) −9
  35. 35.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 1
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 14 (c) 32 (d) 22
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 4
  38. 38.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 22 (b) −22 (c) 64 (d) −12
  39. 39.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 45 (c) 29 (d) 19
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 13 (c) −9 (d) 9

Answer key

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

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