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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 772 · 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 sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 22 (d) −4
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) −20 (c) 30 (d) 2
  3. 3.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 9
  4. 4.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 37 (c) 25 (d) −15
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 49 (c) 39 (d) −39
  6. 6.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) 70 (c) 16 (d) −6
  7. 7.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) −7 (c) −17 (d) 7
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 56 (b) 46 (c) −46 (d) 24
  9. 9.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) −27 (c) 39 (d) 27
  10. 10.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 2
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 18 (c) −18 (d) −6
  12. 12.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) −4
  13. 13.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 20
  14. 14.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 34 (c) 4 (d) −4
  15. 15.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 10 (d) 8
  16. 16.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 21 (c) 15 (d) −15
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 20 (c) −10 (d) 10
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −11 (d) 21
  19. 19.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 36 (c) −16 (d) 26
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 19 (d) 37
  21. 21.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) −44 (c) 66 (d) 44
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) 16 (c) 40 (d) −40
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −33 (c) 43 (d) 33
  24. 24.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 6 (b) 28 (c) −4 (d) 4
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) −18 (d) 18
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 13 (c) 47 (d) −37
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 4 (d) 36
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 13 (d) 31
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) −21 (c) −3 (d) 21
  30. 30.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 69 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  31. 31.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 53 (b) 19 (c) −19 (d) −9
  32. 32.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  33. 33.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 48 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 20
  34. 34.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 18
  35. 35.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  36. 36.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 4 (d) 14
  37. 37.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) −3 (d) 13
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) −23 (c) 23 (d) 33
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 24 (c) 18 (d) −14

Answer key

  1. −4
  2. 20
  3. −3
  4. −25
  5. 39
  6. −16
  7. −17
  8. 46
  9. −27
  10. 2
  11. 18
  12. −4
  13. 2
  14. −4
  15. −2
  16. 15
  17. 10
  18. 11
  19. 16
  20. 27
  21. −44
  22. 40
  23. 33
  24. −4
  25. 18
  26. 37
  27. 26
  28. 31
  29. 21
  30. 7
  31. −19
  32. −8
  33. 10
  34. −18
  35. −20
  36. 14
  37. −8
  38. 3
  39. 23
  40. 14

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