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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 815 · 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 −7 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) −42 (c) 28 (d) 52
  2. 2.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 43 (b) 53 (c) 21 (d) −43
  3. 3.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −22 (b) 22 (c) 32 (d) 18
  4. 4.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 13 (d) −15
  5. 5.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) −8 (c) 20 (d) 18
  6. 6.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 1 (d) 21
  7. 7.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 6
  8. 8.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) −1 (c) 21 (d) 11
  9. 9.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 23 (b) 1 (c) 11 (d) −1
  10. 10.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 15 (c) −5 (d) 5
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) 6
  12. 12.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) −3
  13. 13.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) −1 (d) 11
  14. 14.A school club has ₹39 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 55 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  15. 15.A school club has ₹31 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 0
  16. 16.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 9 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) −14 (c) 24 (d) 4
  17. 17.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 9 (c) −3 (d) 7
  18. 18.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 1
  19. 19.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 22 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 14 (b) 40 (c) −30 (d) 30
  20. 20.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −10 (c) 10 (d) 24
  21. 21.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹34. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 72
  22. 22.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 15
  23. 23.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 2 (d) −18
  24. 24.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −12 (b) 4 (c) −2 (d) 12
  25. 25.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −1 (b) −11 (c) 9 (d) 11
  26. 26.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 0
  27. 27.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 15 (c) 11 (d) 5
  28. 28.A school club has ₹26 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) −34 (c) 34 (d) 86
  29. 29.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 26 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 22 (b) 30 (c) 40 (d) −30
  30. 30.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 18 (b) 4 (c) 14 (d) −4
  31. 31.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹53. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 13 (b) 93 (c) −3 (d) −13
  32. 32.At sunset it was 3 °C. By midnight it was 11 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 2 (c) 14 (d) −8
  33. 33.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) 11 (c) 1 (d) −1
  34. 34.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −7 (b) 3 (c) 7 (d) 11
  35. 35.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −9 (b) 19 (c) 9 (d) 1
  36. 36.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 25
  37. 37.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 8 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −11 (b) 21 (c) 5 (d) 11
  38. 38.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −2 (c) 12 (d) 2
  39. 39.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) 21
  40. 40.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 12 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −5 (b) 5 (c) 19 (d) −15

Answer key

  1. 42
  2. 43
  3. 22
  4. −5
  5. 8
  6. 11
  7. 6
  8. 11
  9. 1
  10. 5
  11. 4
  12. 3
  13. 1
  14. 23
  15. −10
  16. 14
  17. −3
  18. 1
  19. 30
  20. 10
  21. 4
  22. 5
  23. −8
  24. −12
  25. −11
  26. −8
  27. 5
  28. −34
  29. 30
  30. 4
  31. −13
  32. −8
  33. 1
  34. −7
  35. −9
  36. 9
  37. 11
  38. 2
  39. 5
  40. −5

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