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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 798 · 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 −11 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) −42 (c) 42 (d) 20
  2. 2.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) 3 (d) −3
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −46 (b) 46 (c) 56 (d) 22
  4. 4.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) 9
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −29 (c) 29 (d) 39
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 6
  7. 7.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −16 (b) 26 (c) 16 (d) 24
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  9. 9.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 87 (b) 29 (c) −29 (d) −19
  10. 10.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) −2
  11. 11.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 29 (b) 53 (c) −19 (d) −29
  12. 12.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 9 (d) 15
  13. 13.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 12
  14. 14.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 11 (c) 19 (d) −19
  15. 15.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 29 (c) 15 (d) 5
  16. 16.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹33. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 53 (c) −3 (d) −13
  17. 17.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) −1
  18. 18.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 12 (d) −8
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 23 (d) 35
  20. 20.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −2 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 12
  21. 21.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −3 (d) 15
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) −27 (c) 37 (d) 5
  23. 23.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −23 (c) 13 (d) −13
  24. 24.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) −8
  25. 25.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −48 (b) 60 (c) −38 (d) 48
  26. 26.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) −9 (d) 11
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −37 (b) 37 (c) 29 (d) 47
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 14
  30. 30.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) −3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  32. 32.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 25 (d) −3
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −29 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 5
  34. 34.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 17
  35. 35.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 30 (c) 8 (d) −2
  36. 36.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 22 (d) 26
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 30 (c) −30 (d) 40
  38. 38.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 11
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 31 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) −21
  40. 40.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹15. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 8 (b) 18 (c) 38 (d) −8

Answer key

  1. 42
  2. −3
  3. 46
  4. 9
  5. 29
  6. 6
  7. 16
  8. 16
  9. −29
  10. −2
  11. −29
  12. −9
  13. 2
  14. −19
  15. 5
  16. −13
  17. −1
  18. 8
  19. 25
  20. 2
  21. −3
  22. 27
  23. −13
  24. −8
  25. −48
  26. 1
  27. 37
  28. 6
  29. 6
  30. −3
  31. 4
  32. −13
  33. 29
  34. 5
  35. −2
  36. 12
  37. 30
  38. 3
  39. 21
  40. 8

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