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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 799 · 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 −5 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) −31 (c) 31 (d) 21
  2. 2.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 60
  3. 3.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 28
  4. 4.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 8 (d) −6
  5. 5.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 6
  6. 6.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −7
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −19 (b) 29 (c) 9 (d) 19
  8. 8.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 23
  9. 9.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 22 (c) 20 (d) −12
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) 38 (c) −28 (d) 10
  12. 12.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹32. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 63 (d) 1
  13. 13.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 3 (c) 9 (d) 1
  14. 14.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 24
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 4 (c) 26 (d) −26
  16. 16.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) 79 (c) −33 (d) 33
  17. 17.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) 33 (c) −33 (d) 9
  18. 18.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 7
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) −13 (c) 3 (d) 7
  20. 20.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
  21. 21.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 2
  22. 22.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 2
  23. 23.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) 18 (c) −12 (d) 12
  24. 24.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) −1 (d) 33
  25. 25.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 21 (d) −3
  26. 26.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 20 (c) 26 (d) −16
  27. 27.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 30 (d) 20
  28. 28.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −1 (c) 7 (d) −11
  29. 29.A school club has ₹32 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 87 (c) −23 (d) −13
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 18 (d) 34
  31. 31.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 25 (c) 9 (d) −9
  32. 32.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹51. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 64 (c) −38 (d) 38
  33. 33.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 23 (c) −13 (d) 13
  34. 34.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
  35. 35.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 53 (d) −9
  36. 36.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  37. 37.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 8 (c) −12 (d) 12
  38. 38.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 1 (c) 15 (d) −1
  39. 39.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 78 (c) −2 (d) 12
  40. 40.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16

Answer key

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

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