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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 751 · 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 −10 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 47 (b) 17 (c) −37 (d) 37
  2. 2.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) −2
  3. 3.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  4. 4.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −10
  5. 5.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 13
  6. 6.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 43 (b) 63 (c) −33 (d) −43
  7. 7.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) −5
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 3
  9. 9.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −30 (c) −20 (d) 30
  10. 10.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 64 (c) −20 (d) 20
  11. 11.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 1
  12. 12.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 0 (d) −10
  13. 13.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) 3
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −17 (c) 1 (d) 17
  15. 15.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −20 (c) −30 (d) 86
  16. 16.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) −8 (d) 12
  17. 17.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) 4 (d) −4
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −2
  19. 19.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 13
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) 3 (d) −27
  21. 21.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 10 (d) 6
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 9 (c) 27 (d) −27
  23. 23.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) 27
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 13 (d) −13
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 10 (c) −32 (d) 32
  26. 26.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 31 (b) 21 (c) −21 (d) 43
  27. 27.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 14 (c) 0 (d) 10
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) 7 (d) −3
  29. 29.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) 29
  30. 30.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 39 (d) −9
  31. 31.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 19 (d) −9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 49 (d) 23
  33. 33.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 29
  34. 34.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 9
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 7
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) 22 (d) 2
  37. 37.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 99 (c) 19 (d) −19
  38. 38.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 13
  39. 39.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 25 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −3
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 36 (d) 18

Answer key

  1. 37
  2. −12
  3. −11
  4. −10
  5. −1
  6. −43
  7. 5
  8. 9
  9. −30
  10. −20
  11. −1
  12. −10
  13. −7
  14. 17
  15. −30
  16. 2
  17. −4
  18. −2
  19. 7
  20. 27
  21. −4
  22. 27
  23. 1
  24. −13
  25. 32
  26. 21
  27. −10
  28. −3
  29. 19
  30. −9
  31. −9
  32. 23
  33. 9
  34. 5
  35. 7
  36. −2
  37. −19
  38. 3
  39. −13
  40. 36

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