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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 806 · 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 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) 22
  2. 2.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −16 (b) −26 (c) 64 (d) 26
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 14 (c) 36 (d) 26
  4. 4.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 14 (c) −14 (d) 24
  5. 5.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
  6. 6.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 8
  7. 7.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 37 (c) 19 (d) −9
  8. 8.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) −1 (d) 9
  9. 9.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −15 (c) −5 (d) 19
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −5 (c) 15 (d) −15
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) 43 (c) 33 (d) −33
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 31 (c) −31 (d) 9
  13. 13.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) −6 (d) 4
  14. 14.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 21
  15. 15.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 28 (c) 20 (d) 10
  16. 16.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 19 (c) 7 (d) 3
  17. 17.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) 13
  18. 18.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 9
  19. 19.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) 7
  20. 20.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −32 (c) 32 (d) 82
  21. 21.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) −15
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) −22 (c) 32 (d) 22
  23. 23.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 11 (c) −11 (d) 21
  24. 24.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 7 (d) −13
  25. 25.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −13 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 13
  26. 26.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 23 (d) 11
  27. 27.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −12 (b) 10 (c) 22 (d) 12
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 27 (b) 37 (c) −27 (d) 9
  29. 29.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 21 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) −7
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 25 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 45 (c) 35 (d) 15
  31. 31.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 20
  32. 32.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) 33 (d) 11
  33. 33.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 74 (c) 2 (d) −2
  34. 34.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  35. 35.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 75 (d) −13
  36. 36.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 78 (c) −2 (d) 8
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 12 (c) −36 (d) 46
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 23
  39. 39.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 10 (d) 12
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) 19 (c) 29 (d) −19

Answer key

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

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