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Maths tricks trick 23: Below zero: money and temperature · Set 837 · 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 7 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 18 (b) 8 (c) 6 (d) −8
  2. 2.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 8 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) −4 (c) 6 (d) 4
  3. 3.In the morning it was −1 °C. It got 11 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 10 (c) 12 (d) −10
  4. 4.A school club has ₹16 and pays a bill of ₹25. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 9 (b) −9 (c) 1 (d) 41
  5. 5.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹37. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −4 (b) 14 (c) 60 (d) −14
  6. 6.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 17 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 15 (b) −5 (c) 29 (d) 5
  7. 7.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
  8. 8.A school club has ₹21 and pays a bill of ₹59. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 38 (b) −38 (c) −28 (d) 80
  9. 9.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 19 (c) 41 (d) −9
  10. 10.At night a hill town was −9 °C and a beach town was 32 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 41 (b) 51 (c) 23 (d) −41
  11. 11.At sunset it was −1 °C. By midnight it was 4 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 5 (b) −5 (c) 3 (d) −15
  12. 12.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 17 (c) 3 (d) 13
  13. 13.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −3 (b) 13 (c) 9 (d) 3
  14. 14.At sunset it was −3 °C. By midnight it was 10 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −13 (b) −3 (c) 7 (d) 13
  15. 15.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 31 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 37 (b) 25 (c) −37 (d) 47
  16. 16.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 24 (b) −10 (c) 0 (d) 10
  17. 17.At sunset it was 6 °C. By midnight it was 14 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 2 (b) 20 (c) −8 (d) 8
  18. 18.A school club has ₹23 and pays a bill of ₹38. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −15 (b) 61 (c) −5 (d) 15
  19. 19.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 8 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 4 (c) 10 (d) 6
  20. 20.In the morning it was −12 °C. It got 6 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −6 (b) 18 (c) 6 (d) 4
  21. 21.A school club has ₹11 and pays a bill of ₹44. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −33 (b) 55 (c) 33 (d) −23
  22. 22.At sunset it was 10 °C. By midnight it was 7 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 13 (b) −3 (c) 17 (d) 3
  23. 23.A school club has ₹9 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 39 (b) 21 (c) −11 (d) −21
  24. 24.At night a hill town was −7 °C and a beach town was 23 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) −30 (b) 30 (c) 16 (d) 40
  25. 25.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 4 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 7 (b) 3 (c) −7 (d) 15
  26. 26.At sunset it was 2 °C. By midnight it was 13 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) −11 (b) 11 (c) −1 (d) 15
  27. 27.In the morning it was −11 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −1 (b) 9 (c) 21 (d) 1
  28. 28.At sunset it was −4 °C. By midnight it was 5 degrees colder. What was it at midnight (°C)? (a) 9 (b) 1 (c) −9 (d) −19
  29. 29.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹30. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 23 (b) 37 (c) −13 (d) −23
  30. 30.In the morning it was −9 °C. It got 9 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 0 (b) 18 (c) 10 (d) −10
  31. 31.A school club has ₹22 and pays a bill of ₹41. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −19 (b) 63 (c) 19 (d) −9
  32. 32.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 15 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 21 (c) 11 (d) −11
  33. 33.At night a hill town was −6 °C and a beach town was 10 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 26 (b) −16 (c) 16 (d) 4
  34. 34.A school club has ₹30 and pays a bill of ₹42. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) 12 (b) −2 (c) 72 (d) −12
  35. 35.In the morning it was −7 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 19 (b) 9 (c) 23 (d) −9
  36. 36.In the morning it was −3 °C. It got 10 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 17 (b) 7 (c) −7 (d) 13
  37. 37.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 16 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 12 (d) −12
  38. 38.At night a hill town was −4 °C and a beach town was 19 °C. How many degrees warmer was the beach town? (a) 33 (b) 23 (c) −23 (d) 15
  39. 39.A school club has ₹7 and pays a bill of ₹57. What is its balance now (₹)? (minus means it owes money) (a) −40 (b) 50 (c) −50 (d) 64
  40. 40.In the morning it was −4 °C. It got 12 degrees warmer. What is the temperature now (°C)? (a) −8 (b) 8 (c) 18 (d) 16

Answer key

  1. 8
  2. −4
  3. 10
  4. −9
  5. −14
  6. 5
  7. 10
  8. −38
  9. −19
  10. 41
  11. −5
  12. 3
  13. 3
  14. −13
  15. 37
  16. 0
  17. −8
  18. −15
  19. −6
  20. −6
  21. −33
  22. 3
  23. −21
  24. 30
  25. −7
  26. −11
  27. −1
  28. −9
  29. −23
  30. 0
  31. −19
  32. 11
  33. 16
  34. −12
  35. 9
  36. 7
  37. 12
  38. 23
  39. −50
  40. 8

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