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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 807 · 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 −1 °C and a beach town was 29 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 28
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 2 (d) 36
  3. 3.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 15 (d) 9
  4. 4.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 51 (c) 41 (d) −41
  5. 5.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 9 (d) −1
  6. 6.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 8 (d) 16
  7. 7.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 97 (b) 17 (c) −7 (d) −17
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  9. 9.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) −16 (d) −6
  10. 10.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 8 (c) 0 (d) −10
  11. 11.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 52 (c) −6 (d) 6
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −35 (b) 13 (c) 35 (d) 45
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 6 (d) 0
  14. 14.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 21 (b) −7 (c) 3 (d) 7
  15. 15.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  16. 16.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 27 (d) 17
  17. 17.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 28 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 50 (b) −40 (c) 16 (d) 40
  18. 18.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 12
  19. 19.A school club has ₹19 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 57 (c) −19 (d) 19
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 1 (b) −9 (c) 15 (d) 9
  21. 21.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) −3
  22. 22.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 11 (c) 5 (d) −5
  23. 23.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −1 (b) 79 (c) 1 (d) 9
  24. 24.A school club has ₹13 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −42 (b) 68 (c) 42 (d) −32
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −17 (b) 27 (c) 17 (d) 13
  26. 26.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −8
  27. 27.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 22 (c) 14 (d) 4
  28. 28.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 48 (c) −36 (d) 36
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 27 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) −36 (c) 18 (d) 46
  30. 30.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −15 (b) 25 (c) 1 (d) 15
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) −1
  32. 32.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) 31 (c) −1 (d) 9
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −27 (b) 37 (c) 27 (d) 17
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −24 (b) 12 (c) 34 (d) 24
  35. 35.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) −6
  36. 36.A school club has ₹36 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 16 (b) 88 (c) −16 (d) −6
  37. 37.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 23 (d) −5
  38. 38.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 20
  39. 39.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) −14 (c) 14 (d) 58
  40. 40.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 48

Answer key

  1. 30
  2. 26
  3. 9
  4. 41
  5. −11
  6. 6
  7. −17
  8. 9
  9. −6
  10. −10
  11. 6
  12. 35
  13. 0
  14. −7
  15. 0
  16. 7
  17. 40
  18. 4
  19. −19
  20. −9
  21. −13
  22. −5
  23. −1
  24. −42
  25. 17
  26. −8
  27. 4
  28. −36
  29. 36
  30. 15
  31. 13
  32. −1
  33. 27
  34. 24
  35. 6
  36. −16
  37. 5
  38. 6
  39. −14
  40. 0

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