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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 80 · 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 −2 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 34 (c) −24 (d) 24
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) −27 (c) 3 (d) 27
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) 6 (d) −26
  4. 4.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) −22 (c) 54 (d) 22
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 20 (d) 10
  6. 6.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 18 (c) 0 (d) 10
  7. 7.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 7 (c) 9 (d) −9
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −25 (b) 35 (c) 1 (d) 25
  9. 9.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −8 (d) 4
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 7 (c) 29 (d) −29
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 3
  12. 12.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 94 (c) −24 (d) −14
  13. 13.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 25 (c) −9 (d) 1
  14. 14.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 32 (c) 22 (d) 4
  16. 16.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) 16 (d) −6
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 27 (c) −17 (d) 17
  18. 18.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) −9
  19. 19.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) 49
  20. 20.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  21. 21.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) 10
  22. 22.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 4
  23. 23.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 21 (c) 1 (d) −9
  24. 24.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹27. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 67
  25. 25.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 27
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 52 (b) 26 (c) 42 (d) −42
  27. 27.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  28. 28.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  29. 29.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 8 (c) −10 (d) 10
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 3 (c) 13 (d) 17
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −1 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  32. 32.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 14
  33. 33.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −39 (b) 29 (c) 39 (d) 49
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 45 (b) −35 (c) 35 (d) 29
  36. 36.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹21. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 48 (d) 6
  37. 37.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 30 (b) −30 (c) 62 (d) −20
  38. 38.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 70 (c) 46 (d) −46
  39. 39.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  40. 40.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹46. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 66 (c) −16 (d) 26

Answer key

  1. 24
  2. 27
  3. 26
  4. −22
  5. 0
  6. −10
  7. −9
  8. 25
  9. −8
  10. 29
  11. 11
  12. −24
  13. −9
  14. 2
  15. 22
  16. 6
  17. 17
  18. 9
  19. −5
  20. 15
  21. 6
  22. −4
  23. −9
  24. 13
  25. 3
  26. 42
  27. −15
  28. 3
  29. 0
  30. 3
  31. 11
  32. −4
  33. −3
  34. 39
  35. 35
  36. 6
  37. −30
  38. −46
  39. −5
  40. −26

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