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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 76 · 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 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 35 (c) 11 (d) −25
  2. 2.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  3. 3.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 13
  4. 4.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 72 (d) 18
  5. 5.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 7
  6. 6.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 13
  7. 7.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 59 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) −11
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) 23 (d) −7
  9. 9.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 16
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  11. 11.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 14 (d) 2
  12. 12.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −18 (b) 64 (c) 18 (d) −8
  13. 13.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −12 (c) −2 (d) 12
  14. 14.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −14 (c) −24 (d) 62
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 19
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 40 (b) 24 (c) 50 (d) −40
  18. 18.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) −41 (d) 69
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −20 (b) 30 (c) 14 (d) 20
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 50 (c) 40 (d) −40
  21. 21.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −14 (c) −4 (d) 6
  22. 22.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) 5
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 17 (d) 39
  24. 24.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 11 (c) 3 (d) −3
  25. 25.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  26. 26.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 16
  27. 27.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 65
  28. 28.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 16 (d) 10
  29. 29.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 15 (c) 3 (d) 13
  30. 30.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 0 (c) 8 (d) −10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 1 (c) 63 (d) 9
  32. 32.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 26 (d) 18
  33. 33.A school club has ₹33 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 77 (d) 11
  34. 34.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) 16 (d) −2
  35. 35.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 8
  36. 36.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 98 (b) −18 (c) −8 (d) 18
  37. 37.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 20
  38. 38.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  39. 39.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −1 (d) −7
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 3 (c) 27 (d) 17

Answer key

  1. 25
  2. 7
  3. 13
  4. 8
  5. 1
  6. −1
  7. −11
  8. 7
  9. 2
  10. 15
  11. −8
  12. −18
  13. −12
  14. −24
  15. 6
  16. 13
  17. 40
  18. −41
  19. 20
  20. 40
  21. −4
  22. 5
  23. 39
  24. 3
  25. 0
  26. 8
  27. 3
  28. 10
  29. 3
  30. 0
  31. −9
  32. 16
  33. −11
  34. −2
  35. −8
  36. −18
  37. −4
  38. 2
  39. −7
  40. 17

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