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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 813 · 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 −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 16 (b) −16 (c) 4 (d) 26
  2. 2.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 73 (b) −13 (c) −23 (d) 23
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 9 (b) 19 (c) 3 (d) −9
  4. 4.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 16 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 26
  5. 5.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) −2 (c) −12 (d) 22
  6. 6.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 75 (d) 5
  7. 7.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 23 (d) 7
  8. 8.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 26
  9. 9.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −15 (b) 13 (c) −5 (d) 15
  10. 10.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹36. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 67 (b) 5 (c) −15 (d) −5
  11. 11.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 2 (c) 12 (d) −2
  12. 12.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹12. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 9
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 15 (c) 5 (d) −5
  14. 14.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 24 (d) −14
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 0
  16. 16.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −26 (b) 26 (c) 36 (d) 54
  17. 17.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 0 (d) 22
  18. 18.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 14 (c) 4 (d) −6
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) 27
  20. 20.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −13 (b) 13 (c) 39 (d) 23
  21. 21.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 34 (b) −24 (c) 80 (d) −34
  22. 22.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 0 (c) 50 (d) 10
  23. 23.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 4
  24. 24.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) −12 (c) 24 (d) 22
  25. 25.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −13 (c) 13 (d) 25
  26. 26.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹22. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 7 (b) 37 (c) 3 (d) −7
  27. 27.A school club has ₹28 and pays a bill of ₹35. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 63 (d) 7
  28. 28.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −20 (b) 0 (c) −10 (d) 10
  29. 29.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 19
  30. 30.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  31. 31.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 26
  32. 32.At sunset it was −5 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −13 (c) −3 (d) 13
  33. 33.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 9 (c) 7 (d) 3
  34. 34.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) −2 (c) 8 (d) 24
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −18 (b) 28 (c) 8 (d) 18
  38. 38.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹23. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) 2 (c) −2 (d) 48
  39. 39.A school club has ₹10 and pays a bill of ₹19. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) 29 (c) 1 (d) −9
  40. 40.At sunset it was 1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −3 (c) 5 (d) 3

Answer key

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

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