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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 81 · 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 −8 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 44 (c) 18 (d) −34
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) 18 (c) −22 (d) 22
  3. 3.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 35 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  4. 4.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 6 (c) 18 (d) 4
  5. 5.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 60 (b) 12 (c) −2 (d) 2
  6. 6.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d) −7
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 5
  8. 8.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  9. 9.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 5 (c) −5 (d) 17
  11. 11.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 26 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 6
  12. 12.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −32 (c) −22 (d) 32
  13. 13.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) −14 (d) 58
  14. 14.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 9
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −10 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 28 (b) −18 (c) −2 (d) 18
  16. 16.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −15 (c) 15 (d) 25
  17. 17.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −17 (b) 17 (c) 27 (d) 53
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 12 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 17 (b) −17 (c) 27 (d) 7
  19. 19.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 16
  20. 20.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) −15
  21. 21.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 18 (b) −8 (c) −18 (d) 66
  22. 22.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹17. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 26
  23. 23.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) 8 (c) 14 (d) 24
  24. 24.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 27 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 23
  25. 25.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −7 (c) 17 (d) 25
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −16 (b) 12 (c) 16 (d) 26
  27. 27.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 24
  28. 28.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) −10 (d) 30
  29. 29.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 56 (b) 16 (c) −16 (d) −6
  30. 30.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  31. 31.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹18. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −8 (b) 2 (c) 28 (d) 8
  32. 32.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 15 (c) 25 (d) 55
  33. 33.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −7 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 17
  34. 34.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −21 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) 91
  35. 35.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹56. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 44 (b) −44 (c) 68 (d) −34
  36. 36.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 24 (d) 8
  37. 37.A school club has ₹8 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 4 (b) 20 (c) −4 (d) 6
  38. 38.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) −12 (d) −2
  39. 39.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 10 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) 16
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −9 (b) 9 (c) 1 (d) 19

Answer key

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

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