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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 758 · 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 −1 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 20 (d) 22
  2. 2.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) −4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  4. 4.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 77 (b) 19 (c) −9 (d) −19
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) 18 (d) 48
  6. 6.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 20 (c) 6 (d) 4
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 11 (c) −17 (d) 17
  8. 8.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 13
  9. 9.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 13
  10. 10.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 46 (b) −36 (c) 74 (d) −46
  11. 11.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 23 (c) 27 (d) −17
  12. 12.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹11. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 19 (d) 3
  13. 13.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 28 (c) 8 (d) −8
  14. 14.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 27 (c) 23 (d) −27
  15. 15.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  16. 16.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 65 (b) −11 (c) 21 (d) 11
  17. 17.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 58
  18. 18.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
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) 21
  20. 20.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) −12 (d) −2
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 38 (b) 28 (c) 8 (d) −28
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 22
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 39 (c) 29 (d) −39
  24. 24.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 59 (d) −1
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) −40 (c) 50 (d) 20
  26. 26.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  27. 27.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −37 (b) 65 (c) −27 (d) 37
  28. 28.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 45 (c) 17 (d) −7
  29. 29.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  30. 30.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 20
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −31 (b) 41 (c) 31 (d) 7
  33. 33.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 23 (c) −11 (d) 21
  34. 34.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) −6
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −8 (d) 8
  36. 36.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) 20
  37. 37.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) −16
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 18 (d) 26
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 12 (d) 26
  40. 40.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) −1

Answer key

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

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