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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 805 · 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 −10 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 26 (c) −26 (d) 6
  2. 2.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 64 (d) −20
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −3 (c) 5 (d) 13
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) 25 (c) 15 (d) −15
  5. 5.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) 9
  6. 6.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 14 (d) 0
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 17 (c) −23 (d) 23
  8. 8.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 67 (c) −19 (d) −9
  9. 9.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 16 (c) −6 (d) −16
  10. 10.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
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 16 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 34 (c) 8 (d) −24
  12. 12.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) −1
  13. 13.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 2 (d) 10
  14. 14.A school club has ₹14 and pays a bill of ₹58. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −34 (b) 72 (c) −44 (d) 44
  15. 15.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 47 (b) −47 (c) 71 (d) −37
  16. 16.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) 10
  17. 17.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 3
  18. 18.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 25
  19. 19.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 26
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) 49 (c) 27 (d) −39
  21. 21.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) −26 (c) 4 (d) 26
  22. 22.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) −8 (c) 8 (d) 2
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 22 (c) −2 (d) 12
  24. 24.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹54. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 84 (c) −24 (d) 24
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 16 (c) 26 (d) −2
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 6 (c) −24 (d) 34
  27. 27.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 74 (c) 4 (d) 6
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 7
  29. 29.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) −3
  30. 30.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  31. 31.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 60 (c) 8 (d) −2
  32. 32.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 1 (c) 0 (d) 10
  33. 33.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹47. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 84 (d) 10
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 17
  35. 35.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) 25 (c) 39 (d) −39
  36. 36.At sunset it was 5 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 1 (c) 9 (d) 11
  37. 37.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 20 (c) 18 (d) −18
  39. 39.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 15 (c) −3 (d) 7
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −34 (b) 34 (c) 44 (d) 16

Answer key

  1. 26
  2. −20
  3. 3
  4. 15
  5. −1
  6. −10
  7. 23
  8. −19
  9. −16
  10. −5
  11. 24
  12. −1
  13. −10
  14. −44
  15. −47
  16. −8
  17. −3
  18. 9
  19. 16
  20. 39
  21. 26
  22. −8
  23. 12
  24. −24
  25. 16
  26. 24
  27. −4
  28. 7
  29. −3
  30. −6
  31. −2
  32. 0
  33. −10
  34. 17
  35. 39
  36. −1
  37. −15
  38. 18
  39. −3
  40. 34

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