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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 797 · 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 −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) −34 (c) 18 (d) 44
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) −6
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 12 (d) 4
  4. 4.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 11
  5. 5.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 20
  6. 6.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 77 (c) 1 (d) −9
  7. 7.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 3 (b) 17 (c) −3 (d) 7
  8. 8.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 20 (d) 4
  9. 9.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −4 (d) −6
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −41 (b) 17 (c) 51 (d) 41
  11. 11.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 32 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 10 (c) 6 (d) −4
  13. 13.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 41 (d) 17
  14. 14.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 24 (c) 14 (d) −14
  15. 15.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) −9
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 15 (d) −7
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 23 (d) 15
  19. 19.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) 7 (c) −7 (d) 3
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −33 (b) 43 (c) 11 (d) 33
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 9 (c) −33 (d) 33
  22. 22.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 8
  23. 23.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 18 (c) 8 (d) 28
  24. 24.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  25. 25.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 37 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) −2 (d) 24
  27. 27.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) −19 (d) −9
  28. 28.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −47 (b) −37 (c) 73 (d) 47
  29. 29.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 48 (d) 0
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 44 (c) 34 (d) 10
  31. 31.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) −10 (d) 0
  32. 32.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 25 (c) 11 (d) −11
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) 17
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −2 (d) 18
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 7 (c) 39 (d) 29
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 19 (c) 23 (d) 13
  37. 37.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) 72
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 13
  39. 39.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 18 (c) −6 (d) 6
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 12 (c) −12 (d) 22

Answer key

  1. 34
  2. 6
  3. −4
  4. −7
  5. 2
  6. −9
  7. −3
  8. −4
  9. 6
  10. 41
  11. −4
  12. −4
  13. 17
  14. 14
  15. −5
  16. −9
  17. −7
  18. 15
  19. 7
  20. 33
  21. 33
  22. −2
  23. 8
  24. 16
  25. 7
  26. 14
  27. −9
  28. −47
  29. −10
  30. 34
  31. 0
  32. 11
  33. 11
  34. −2
  35. 29
  36. 13
  37. 4
  38. 27
  39. −6
  40. 12

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