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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 830 · 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 34 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 42 (b) 52 (c) −42 (d) 26
  2. 2.At sunset it was −2 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 7 (b) −11 (c) 11 (d) −1
  3. 3.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 14 (c) −4 (d) 4
  4. 4.At sunset it was 11 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −2 (b) 20 (c) 12 (d) 2
  5. 5.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 5 (b) 33 (c) −23 (d) 23
  6. 6.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −10 (b) 20 (c) 10 (d) 0
  7. 7.A school club has ₹35 and pays a bill of ₹60. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −25 (b) 95 (c) −15 (d) 25
  8. 8.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 3 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −7 (c) 7 (d) 3
  9. 9.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −22 (b) −32 (c) 86 (d) 32
  10. 10.In the morning it was −6 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 19 (d) 21
  11. 11.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 21 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 34 (b) 24 (c) −24 (d) 18
  12. 12.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 24 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 30 (b) 18 (c) 40 (d) −30
  13. 13.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 12 (b) 18 (c) 2 (d) −2
  14. 14.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 18 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 28 (b) 8 (c) −8 (d) 18
  15. 15.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 17 (c) 11 (d) 1
  16. 16.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹29. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 52 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) −6
  17. 17.In the morning it was −8 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 12
  18. 18.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 5 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −14 (b) −4 (c) 14 (d) 24
  19. 19.In the morning it was −10 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 19 (c) 1 (d) 9
  20. 20.At night a hill town was −8 °C and a beach town was 30 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 48 (b) −38 (c) 38 (d) 22
  21. 21.At night a hill town was −3 °C and a beach town was 20 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −23 (b) 23 (c) 33 (d) 17
  22. 22.A school club has ₹38 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −24 (b) 52 (c) 34 (d) 24
  23. 23.In the morning it was −5 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 25 (b) −15 (c) 5 (d) 15
  24. 24.At sunset it was 0 °C. By midnight it was 9 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −19 (d) −9
  25. 25.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹14. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 19 (b) 37 (c) −9 (d) 9
  26. 26.A school club has ₹18 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −20 (b) 66 (c) 30 (d) −30
  27. 27.A school club has ₹27 and pays a bill of ₹39. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −12 (b) 66 (c) −2 (d) 12
  28. 28.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 35 (b) 45 (c) −35 (d) 11
  29. 29.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
  30. 30.At sunset it was 9 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 4 (b) −4 (c) 22 (d) 6
  31. 31.At night a hill town was −11 °C and a beach town was 6 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −5 (b) −17 (c) 17 (d) 27
  32. 32.At night a hill town was −12 °C and a beach town was 14 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 36 (b) 2 (c) 26 (d) −26
  33. 33.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 26 (b) 18 (c) −16 (d) 16
  34. 34.At night a hill town was −5 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 24 (b) −24 (c) 14 (d) 34
  35. 35.A school club has ₹15 and pays a bill of ₹48. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 33 (b) −23 (c) 63 (d) −33
  36. 36.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −17 (b) 9 (c) −7 (d) 17
  37. 37.A school club has ₹25 and pays a bill of ₹43. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 68 (b) −18 (c) 18 (d) −8
  38. 38.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 20 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 29 (b) 21 (c) 19 (d) −19
  39. 39.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹24. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 45 (b) 7 (c) −3 (d) 3
  40. 40.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 51 (b) −23 (c) 33 (d) −33

Answer key

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

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