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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 823 · 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 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 34 (c) −36 (d) 46
  2. 2.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 16 (c) 18 (d) −6
  3. 3.A school club has ₹34 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 71 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  4. 4.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 20
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −32 (b) 32 (c) 42 (d) 16
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 2 (d) −2
  7. 7.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 22 (b) −2 (c) 2 (d) 12
  8. 8.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 12 (c) 18 (d) −18
  9. 9.A school club has ₹5 and pays a bill of ₹31. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 36 (b) −26 (c) −16 (d) 26
  10. 10.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 12 (c) 10 (d) 20
  11. 11.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  12. 12.At sunset it was 8 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) 12
  13. 13.At night a hill town was −1 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 4 (b) −6 (c) 6 (d) 16
  14. 14.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹28. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 10 (b) 66 (c) −10 (d) 20
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 1 (b) −25 (c) 35 (d) 25
  16. 16.At sunset it was 12 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) −7
  17. 17.A school club has ₹6 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −23 (b) −13 (c) 23 (d) 35
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 35 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 39 (b) −39 (c) 31 (d) 49
  19. 19.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) −10
  20. 20.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) −4
  21. 21.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 6 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 4 (c) −8 (d) 2
  22. 22.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) −52 (c) −42 (d) 66
  23. 23.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 72 (b) 26 (c) −16 (d) −26
  24. 24.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹16. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 40 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) −8
  25. 25.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 20 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) −10
  26. 26.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 19 (b) 5 (c) −9 (d) 9
  27. 27.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 19 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) 27 (d) 21
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 33 (c) 23 (d) −1
  29. 29.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) −32 (d) −22
  30. 30.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) 9 (c) −1 (d) 1
  31. 31.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) −4
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 6 (b) 40 (c) 30 (d) −30
  33. 33.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 3 (b) 7 (c) 15 (d) −7
  34. 34.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 10 (b) −10 (c) 20 (d) 30
  35. 35.At sunset it was 4 °C. By midnight it was 15 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) −11 (c) 19 (d) −1
  36. 36.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −14 (b) 14 (c) 26 (d) 24
  37. 37.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹55. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −36 (b) 64 (c) −46 (d) 46
  38. 38.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 4 (c) −4 (d) 6
  39. 39.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹13. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 1 (b) −1 (c) 9 (d) 25
  40. 40.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 17 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 21 (b) 13 (c) 31 (d) −21

Answer key

  1. 36
  2. 6
  3. −3
  4. −4
  5. 32
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. −18
  9. −26
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 4
  13. 6
  14. 10
  15. 25
  16. 7
  17. −23
  18. 39
  19. 0
  20. −14
  21. −8
  22. −52
  23. −26
  24. 8
  25. 10
  26. 9
  27. 11
  28. 23
  29. −32
  30. −1
  31. −4
  32. 30
  33. −7
  34. 10
  35. −11
  36. 14
  37. −46
  38. −4
  39. −1
  40. 21

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