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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 829 · 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 −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 14 (c) −24 (d) 24
  2. 2.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) −21 (c) 13 (d) 31
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −6 (c) 22 (d) 16
  4. 4.A school club has ₹24 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 14 (b) 44 (c) −4 (d) 4
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −2 °C and a beach town was 15 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 13 (b) 17 (c) −17 (d) 27
  6. 6.A school club has ₹12 and pays a bill of ₹40. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −28 (b) 28 (c) −18 (d) 52
  7. 7.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 11 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 32 (b) −22 (c) 0 (d) 22
  8. 8.At sunset it was 7 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 11 (b) 13 (c) 3 (d) −3
  9. 9.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 13 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 10 (c) 20 (d) 16
  10. 10.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 3 (b) −17 (c) −7 (d) 7
  11. 11.A school club has ₹29 and pays a bill of ₹20. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 49 (b) 9 (c) 19 (d) −9
  12. 12.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 14 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 22 (d) −12
  13. 13.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) 27 (c) 7 (d) −17
  14. 14.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 6 (b) −4 (c) 2 (d) 4
  15. 15.A school club has ₹37 and pays a bill of ₹49. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) −12 (d) 86
  16. 16.A school club has ₹40 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 50 (d) 40
  17. 17.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) 6 (c) −6 (d) 16
  18. 18.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −19 (b) 9 (c) −9 (d) 1
  19. 19.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 23 (b) −1 (c) 1 (d) 9
  20. 20.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 10 (c) −20 (d) −10
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 13 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) 2 (c) 34 (d) −24
  22. 22.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 7 (b) −31 (c) 41 (d) 31
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 14 (b) −4 (c) 4 (d) −6
  24. 24.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹52. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −31 (b) 63 (c) 41 (d) −41
  25. 25.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 66 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) −16
  26. 26.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 6 (d) 5
  27. 27.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −4 (b) 18 (c) 4 (d) 14
  28. 28.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) −6 (c) 16 (d) 6
  29. 29.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹45. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 34 (c) 56 (d) −34
  30. 30.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 3 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 17
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 25 (b) 15 (c) −15 (d) −1
  32. 32.A school club has ₹20 and pays a bill of ₹10. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 10
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 33 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 49 (b) −39 (c) 27 (d) 39
  34. 34.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 7 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 8 (b) 16 (c) 6 (d) −6
  35. 35.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 2 (c) 6 (d) 12
  36. 36.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 15 (b) 5 (c) 55 (d) −5
  37. 37.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) 17 (c) 37 (d) 27
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 18 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 11 (c) −25 (d) 25
  39. 39.A school club has ₹17 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −14 (b) 24 (c) 58 (d) −24
  40. 40.In the morning it was −2 °C. It got 5 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 7 (c) 3 (d) 13

Answer key

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

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